The Trump administration has developed a legislation which would empower Trump to abandon the international trade rules which have been set up by the World Trade Organization. The draft bill which is known as the “United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act,” would permit the President to raise the tariffs without the approval of the Congress.

The World Trade Organization follows a rules-based system which would help in resolving the international trade disputes, prevent potential trade wars and end unfair trade practices. Trump has claimed that the foreign countries use the organization in order to ruin the United States. If the US walks away from the World Trade Organization it would abandon the entire system of trade rules which have been agreed upon by the international community.

The introduction of the bill would be equivalent to walking away from the WTO and the commitments there without the presence of the US would notify its withdrawal. It would not be implemented at the border and the country would be removed from the set of global trade rules. According to Axios, Trump was informed about the legislation recently and most of the officials feel that the bill would not receive the support of the Congress.

White House spokeswoman Lindsay Waters mentioned that Trump had requested his staff to come up with ways which would help in persuading other countries to lower their tariffs. She also stated that it was well-known that POTUS had frustrations with the unfair imbalance or tariffs which had placed the US at a disadvantage. Even though Trump had been trying to withdraw from the World Trade Organization completely for a long time but he would not be able to do so without the approval of the Congress.