Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 48
Reverse China's entry into the World Trade Organization
Never delivered“[paraphrase] China's entry into the WTO was a disaster and should be undone.”
- Promised
- , Trade policy speech, Monessen, Pennsylvania
- Re-promised
- 5 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
China remained a WTO member throughout the term. The administration blocked appointments to the WTO Appellate Body, paralyzing it in December 2019, but took no action to remove China from the organization. PolitiFact rated the promise broken.