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Foreign officials: U.S. policies forcing a redefinition of global trade

July 12, 2018 at 8:58 AM
Officials from Canada and France on Wednesday said the Trump administration’s trade policies have forced other countries to reassess their priorities and redefine relationships – and renewed their insistence on preserving a rules-based international system. Kirsten Hillman, Canada's deputy ambassador to the U.S., said the U.S. has “shown poor leadership in all of the trade fora that we work in,” including the World Trade Organization, catalyzing a new thought process among its trading partners. “The positive thing about the moment...


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