Trump demanded that Roberto Azevedo, who was the WTO’s director-general, designate the U.S. a “developing nation” like China and India in order to get more favorable trading terms, Trump told Woodward in a Jan. 22 interview. When Azevedo objected, Trump said, “Here’s what I’m doing: I’m pulling out of the World Trade Organization.”Bloomberg News obtained the book ahead of its Sept. 15 release. Later, Trump told trade adviser Peter Navarro he needed to take charge of steel negotiations, saying that his trade advisers were weak. Trump told reporters Thursday that he “didn’t lie” to the American public about the severity of the coronavirus. Trump’s first reaction upon meeting Kim in Singapore in 2018 was “holy s---,” he later told Woodward.

Source: The Edge Markets September 10, 2020 22:07 UTC