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> US trade tariffs are also the law Except they aren't. WTO treaty obligations for equitable treatment of other nations (MFN obligations) supersede local laws.
by MagnumOpus 8y ago
> US trade tariffs are also the law
Except they aren't. WTO treaty obligations for equitable treatment of other nations (MFN obligations) supersede local laws. Overriding arbitrary local laws is the whole point of the WTO, and of every other trade treaty.
The only way these tariffs work is Trump pulling the "national security emergency" card -- and obviously 'punishing' the EU for building better planes isn't a national security issue worth dismantling the WTO over.
- stale2002 8y ago> The only way these tariffs work is Trump pulling the "national security emergency" card So it is the law then. Too bad, so sad, but the law allows this. It sounds like you just disagree with the law. But that's the law! > worth dismantling the WTO over. And nothing is worth dismantling the free and open internet with oppressive copyright laws. So, I can use that exact same argument against the EU's horrible laws.