is encouraged that President Donald Trump is planning ways to bypass the , which both believe is unfair to the U.S. They say the WTO almost always sides with other countries, especially China, in disputes involving dumping steel in the U.S.
Brown says proof of the WTO鈥檚 bias against the U.S. is found in a by . Drake says since the WTO was established in 1995 to set rules and settle disputes, the U.S. has been targeted five times more than other members, especially China.
鈥淎nd all of those actions, cumulatively, have eroded the effectiveness of our domestic trade-remedy laws and has made them less able to protect American industries and workers from unfair trade as was originally intended by Congress.鈥�
Brown is calling for the WTO to renegotiate China鈥檚 commitments to the trade body or force it to meet its obligations.
