久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Opinion
Home / Opinion / Editorials

Washington's rule-breaking will leave it out in the cold: China Daily editorial

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-09-02 19:08
Share
Share - WeChat
US President Donald Trump. [Photo/IC]

Intent on showing his critics he is making America "great again", US President Donald Trump appears willing to lash out at pretty much everyone and everything these days.

But in seeking to find a doorstep on which to lay his troubles, he is not only losing friends and making enemies, he is also disrupting the global economic and trade order, and damaging the credibility of the United States.

While threatening to leave Canada out of NAFTA, and brushing aside the European Union's offer of zero car tariffs, the bellicose Trump refreshed his threat on Thursday to "withdraw from the WTO".

Negotiations with Canada failed because Trump wanted to make no concession. He declined the EU offer saying that EU consumers are accustomed to buying European cars. He dislikes the WTO because the US he claims has "rarely won a lawsuit" there.

It looks like he will not be satisfied unless Canada one-sidedly concedes, Europe finds a way to make more of its consumers love American cars, and the WTO twists its rules to please the White House.

Washington has problems with almost all major countries, and the evidence points to it being the Trump administration's policies rather than the US' trade partners that are to blame. Ford is one of the top five best-selling car brands in Europe, and the US has won more than 90 percent of the cases it has filed as the complainant.

Rather than "making America great again", what Trump is doing is dragging the US image through the mud.

Trump has a wrong concept about what is "great". He believes that to be "great" the US must lord it over others. No trade rules will satisfy the Trump administration unless they are bent in favor of the US.

But it is rules that enable countries to trade with one another knowing they will both benefit from the process. Fair trade can only be guaranteed if all parties observe the same rules.

The WTO's dispute resolution system is the most effective mechanism for settling trade disputes. And the US has taken advantage of it more than any other country.

In his all-round assault on multilateral international mechanisms, the US president is displaying the typical populist disdain for constraints, as populists by their nature consider theirs to be the only legitimate views and only valid demands.

But perhaps another reason why the US administration is showing such animosity toward the WTO is because it wants to divert attention from the fact that its trade complaints don't have a leg to stand on.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美8888| 一区二区三区中文国产亚洲 | foot国产女王脚视频 | 久久99久久99精品观看 | 三级欧美 | 成年人在线观看视频网站 | 欧美在线观看www | 久久成年人视频 | 亚洲mm8成为人影院 亚洲m男在线中文字幕 | 日本一区二区三区四区不卡 | 草草影院ccyy国产日本欧美 | 国产一级精品视频 | 日韩国产在线播放 | 国产亚洲精品久久精品6 | 国产精品成人观看视频网站 | 精品国产品国语在线不卡丶 | 欧美三级三级三级爽爽爽 | 不卡一级aaa全黄毛片 | 亚洲精品456在线播放无广告 | 在线一区免费视频播放 | 亚洲免费a | 久久久久欧美精品 | 2017天天爽夜夜爽精品视频 | 99视频精品 | 国产a∨一区二区三区香蕉小说 | 三级色网站 | 日韩美一区二区 | 日本在线亚州精品视频在线 | 亚洲天堂免费视频 | 精品日本亚洲一区二区三区 | 久草在线免费资源站 | 亚洲一区二区天海翼 | 天天躁夜夜躁狠狠躁2024 | 久久中文字幕久久久久 | 久草精彩视频 | 美女被免费网站在线软件 | 午夜宅男在线永远免费观看网 | 日本一区二区三区四区公司 | 手机看片手机在线看片 | 日本在线视频免费看 | 国产精品自在欧美一区 |