Criticism of the World Trade Organization by Donald Trump has been "damaging", said the body’s chief, Roberto Azevêdo, conceding that its rules need to be updated. The U.S. president has argued that the WTO is too soft on China. In retaliation, Washington undermined the organization’s highest dispute-resolution forum, the Appellate Body, by blocking the nomination…
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair has a message for President Donald Trump and other Western leaders as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a POLITICO online event on Wednesday, Blair urged governments to resist the pull of nationalism amid the crisis, calling the current debates between “globalizers and non-globalizers” a distraction…
President Donald Trump is ready to move past the coronavirus — and his most fervent followers are choosing who to blame. While the president spent the week teasing guidelines for restarting the country’s economy and belittling some states with strict lockdown measures, vocal Trump supporters coalesced around the people that they are blaming for getting…