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Tom Tiffany Suggests Leaving the World Trade Organization
One of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen says it’s time for the United States to exit the World Trade Organization.
Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany has officially introduced a joint resolution to remove the U.S. from the agreement.
“American trade policies should be made by American officials who are elected by American voters and accountable to American workers, not dictated by unelected international bureaucrats in Geneva. It’s time to pursue a better approach to trade," Tiffany said in a statement.
Congress has to reauthorize the WTO agreement every five years. This years' window to reauthorize is now open.
Tiffany is not the first to suggest the U.S. exit the deal. There were similar resolutions in 2000 and 2005. Then again in 2015 and 2020.
Tiffany said the United States needs to recognize the damage the WTO has done.
Just last month, Tiffany said, the United States took the step of suspending payments to the WTO.
“The WTO has repeatedly overlooked China’s unfair trade practices and human rights abuses, undermined American farmers and manufacturers, and eroded our national sovereignty,” Tiffany said.
He added that he wants a trade policy that "puts American industry, jobs, and economic independence first.”
“It has been two decades since Congress last voted on whether to continue our membership in this deeply flawed organization,” Congressman Tiffany said“The American people deserve to know if their elected officials stand with them, or with China’s allies in the WTO.”
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