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Trump targets W.T.O. as the trade war intensifies

The U.S. has spent two years chipping away at the World Trade Organization. This week, the Trump administration is expected to go a step further and effectively cripple the organization’s system for enforcing its rules, reports the NYT’s Ana Swanson.

• Over the past two years, Washington has blocked the W.T.O. from appointing members to a panel that hears appeals in trade disputes.

• Only three members are left on the seven-member body, the minimum needed to hear a case, and two members’ terms expire tomorrow.