Kind: Lack of U.S. leadership at WTO slowing reform efforts

House Ways & Means trade subcommittee member Ron Kind (D-WI) on Wednesday pinned some of the blame for stalled World Trade Organization reform efforts on a lack of U.S. leadership and the Trump administration’s alienation of its trading partners. “It’s been the lack of U.S. leadership and our own conduct that’s been holding back progress within the WTO,” Kind said during a webinar hosted by the Washington International Trade Association. Kind added that “It’s very easy now for them to...