Am I wrong or is this whole story super dumb? If the US isn't going to respect the WTO then boot them out, change the rules and move on. This is a human institution by and for other humans. Rule lawyering when one of your players is shitting on the board is madness. I get that that's what happened in effect but just do it in the regular WTO.
replyIt's super dumb. I assume it was really hard to get the whole world on board with the WTO to begin with, and trying to get them to join a WTO-except-USA wouldn't be any easier, especially with the USA trying to shoot it down.
replyA bunch of those countries will have signed national laws and international treaties deferring to the WTO which can't just be updated without renegotiating. And changing the WTO itself would require simultaneous unanimous agreement from all countries besides the USA, and they'll all try to get their pork barrel in.