American workers and companies are the hardest-working, most innovative on Earth. If given a level playing field, they can compete with anyone. Unfortunately, they have been forced to compete in a trade environment that is neither free nor fair.

Under the World Trade Organization’s “most favored nation” rules, foreign countries can levy significantly higher tariffs on U.S. goods than America levies on the same or similar products — and laugh all the way to the bank at our expense.