Trump threatens to withdraw US from WTO

By Melissa Quinn

Published August 30, 2018 9:04pm ET

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Trump threatens to withdraw US from WTO — President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 2, 2018, in Washington. | (Evan Vucci/AP)

President Trump threatened Thursday to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t improve its treatment of the U.S.

“If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Trump told Bloomberg News in an interview.

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