U.S. agrees to WTO talks with China, Canada over tariffs, invokes national security

The U.S. has agreed to enter into consultations at the World Trade Organization with China and Canada in separate disputes launched by the two countries over Trump administration tariffs while also insisting that the measures are covered by the WTO’s national security exception. In two new WTO communications dated March 14 but made public on Tuesday, the U.S. accepted the requests for consultations – the first step in a WTO dispute – from both Beijing and Ottawa. The language for...