Economics

U.S. Violated Trade Rules With Tariffs on China, WTO Says

  • WTO panel upholds a complaint filed by China over U.S. tariffs
  • The U.S. imposed levies over intellectual rights violations

    

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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The World Trade Organization undercut the main justification for President Donald Trump’s trade war against China, saying that American tariffs on Chinese goods violate international rules.