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Donald Trump threatens to withdraw US from World Trade Organization: report

Donald Trump has complained the United States is treated unfairly in global trade and has blamed the WTO for allowing that to happen.

Donald Trump, Al Capone, Paul Manafort, US, Manafort witness tampering, Manafort solitary confinement, 2016 US Presidential elections, Russion interference in US elections, World News, Indian Express “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Trump said. (AP Photo)

US President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to withdraw from the World Trade Organization if “they don’t shape up,” in his latest criticism of the institution.

Such a move could undermine one of the foundations of the modern global trading system, which the United States was instrumental in creating.

“If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Trump said.

Trump has complained the United States is treated unfairly in global trade and has blamed the WTO for allowing that to happen. He has also warned he could take action against the global body, although he has not specified what form that could take.

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