The pact also explicitly affirms the Paris climate accord, which Mr. Trump recently shunned. In this spirit, he pulled the United States out of a sprawling trans-Pacific trade agreement forged by President Barack Obama. He has begun renegotiating the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement linking the United States, Canada and Mexico. In taking this approach, the United States risks having less of a voice in the global trade discussion as other economies take their own paths. But much of the steel China sends to the United States is already limited by tariffs and other barriers invoked under W.T.O.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 15:22 UTC