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White House adviser: Lack of negotiations at the heart of U.S. WTO concerns

By Brett Fortnam  / March 7, 2019 at 5:49 PM
The key to the Trump administration's concern about the World Trade Organization is the WTO's inability to negotiate new rules to keep pace with the changing global economy, a White House trade adviser said on Thursday, acknowledging that while the crisis facing the Appellate Body is a problem, resolving it will not address all of the issues facing the institution. Kelly Ann Shaw, the special assistant to the president for international trade, investment and development, said at a Georgetown Law...

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