U.S. Reciprocal Tariff Plan as a Catalyst for WTO Reform?

Posted 2/28/25

A recent blog post, How the US Reciprocal Tariff Plan Could Save the WTO, by trade experts Hervé Jouanjean, Jennifer Hillman, and Joost Pauwelyn, presents a counterintuitive argument: that the U.S. proposal for reciprocal tariffs—widely criticized as a destabilizing force—could, if managed strategically, serve as the catalyst for reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO).

"If managed properly," the authors write, "this could, in effect, turn into the biggest tariff negotiation round since the creation of the WTO in 1994, with the potential to create a fairer and more enduring result."

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