> it must be a violation of some WTO trading rules somewhere The Trump administration has intentionally sabotaged the WTO's dispute resolution mechanism anyway

> it must be a violation of some WTO trading rules somewhere The Trump administration has intentionally sabotaged the WTO's dispute resolution mechanism anyways, by blocking the appointment of judges: https://www.dw.com/en/wto-judge-blockage-could-prove-the-beginning-of-the-end/a-51613082 https://www.dw.com/en/wto-judge-blockage-could-prove-the-beg.... The US seems set on dismantling the post-war international order. That order reflected a form of enlightened self-interest, in which the US, though enormously powerful, subjected itself to various rules of international behavior and cooperation, with the understanding that the US would benefit if most countries followed those rules. The Trump administration takes a much more short-sighted, brute-force approach to international relations (ignore all rules and threaten everyone into giving you what you want). Maybe the most surprising thing is how little pushback he's gotten from inside the US. The US political class doesn't seem to care so much about the downfall of the post-war international order.