Economics

WTO Plans Ruling on Security in Blow to Trump Strategy

  • The WTO is expected to rule on a national-security dispute
  • It could help countries seeking to overturn U.S. tariffs

Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

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The World Trade Organization is set to rule for the first time on a dispute involving a member’s national security, challenging a key justification for President Donald Trump’s tariffs and putting the arbiter of international trade conflicts on a collision course with the U.S.