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Please, tell the WTO to **** itself or jump into the nearest lake.
Sincerely,
D. Trump
And it's "these", not "this".
In "America", we say FU.As they say in Russia, “toughski ****ski”. The world government idea left with Obama.
From Associated Press
US tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body
GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all but incapacitated the WTO’s ability to hand down a final, binding verdict.
The decision marks the first time that the Geneva-based trade body has ruled against a series of high-profile tariffs that President Donald Trump’s government has imposed on a number of countries — allies and rivals alike. Trump has repeatedly claimed that the WTO treats the U.S. unfairly.
The ruling, in theory, would allow China to impose retaliatory tariffs on billions’ worth of U.S. goods. But it is unlikely to have much practical impact, at least in the short term, because the U.S. can appeal the decision and the WTO’s appeals court is currently no longer functioning — largely because of Washington’s single-handed refusal to accept new members for it.
In its decision, the WTO’s dispute settlement body ruled against the U.S. government’s argument that China has wrongly engaged in practices harmful to U.S. interests on issues including intellectual property theft and technology transfer — and it quickly drew criticism of U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer.
COMMENT:-
While it is true that the US can appeal the ruling, the ruling stays in place until the appeal court stays it.
Since the appeal court can't sit until the US agrees to the appointment of the missing members on the appeals court, the ruling stays in place.
Of course China could simply go ahead and impose the retaliatory tariffs, at which point the US would have to go to the WTC to dispute them. Who knows, the US might even win. Of course China would then appeal that decision (while leaving the tariffs in place) and THAT appeal couldn't be heard until the US agrees to the appointment of the missing members on the appeals court.
It looks like the US has now out negotiated itself and that the only way that it can untangle the mess is to agree to the appointment of the missing members of the appeals court - but I could be wrong since Mr. Trump can always simply withdraw the US from the WTC (which would let the other nations of the world ignore whatever trade restrictions the US wants to place on them and to place any trade restrictions on the US that they feel like placing.
I am constantly stunned by the intellectual level of the President of this United States of America.
Please, tell the WTO to **** itself or jump into the nearest lake.
Sincerely,
D. Trump
And it's "these", not "this".
Trump and Jinping will each do what they believe to be in the best interests of their respective countries. Nothing some self-important bureaucrat in Geneva says will make any difference.
My batch would have me banned.Thank you for your nitpicking. You are correct. Rather than
I am constantly stunned by the intellectual level of the President of this United States of America.
it should have been
I am constantly stunned by the intellectual level of-the-_THIS_ President of the United States of America.
Mind you, it should NOT have been
I am constantly stunned by the intellectual level of the President of these United States of America.
I know, I have my badge.
now let's see yours.
My batch would have me banned.
And then the MAGA freaks get upset when Europe trades with China instead of us.
I wonder what the WTO has to say about the "infinity %" tariffs that China imposes on Google and Facebook.
Probably nothing.
Mostly because they don't exist.
It's a figure of speech. Use of Facebook and many (if not all) Google services is completely banned in China.
Please, tell the WTO to **** itself or jump into the nearest lake.
Sincerely,
D. Trump
And it's "these", not "this".
And then the MAGA freaks get upset when Europe trades with China instead of us.
You are quite right, and the PRC can simply ignore the fact that the US has filed an appeal and impose the tariffs despite the appeal.The key part of that article from the OP, and why this conversation is largely worthless...
"The ruling, in theory, would allow China to impose retaliatory tariffs on billions’ worth of U.S. goods. But it is unlikely to have much practical impact, at least in the short term, because the U.S. can appeal the decision and the WTO’s appeals court is currently no longer functioning — largely because of Washington’s single-handed refusal to accept new members for it."
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