‘Dangerous moment’: Academic calls for US expulsion from WTO over protectionism (opens in new tab)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) should expel the United States to signal that its protectionist policies and weaponisation of trade are unacceptable, according to an academic speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos. “There is a danger in that protectionism is contagious,” said Kristen Hopewell, a professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, during a panel session at the event in Dalian. “If you allow the US to remain in the WTO...