Trump is undermining the WTO, but he should be using it against China

The meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G-20 summit meeting in Argentina failed to yield a new trade deal, it did, however, yield a 90-day truce. But Trump has already signaled that if there is no “real deal” it’s more tariffs for China.

As I’ve explained before, there are plenty of other remedies to push back against Beijing’s unfair trade practices that don’t involve clobbering the U.S. economy. Chief among these is the specific targeting of companies identified by the U.S. as violating laws or agreements. But there’s another tool that the Trump administration should leverage as well: the World Trade Organization.