Either the increased tariffs are legitimately justified restrictions that nevertheless violate ART terms or they are perpetual leverage regardless of agreed upon ART terms. Former, see why need neutral review, and if latter, ART fails. Subjective intentions of an official irrelevant to both.
Mona Paulsen
Trump’s trade chief said the administration can impose new tariffs without violating agreements, saying deals with the EU and Japan remain intact.
President Donald Trump’s trade chief signaled confidence the administration can roll out new tariffs without breaking terms of bilateral agreements, saying “a deal’s a deal” for economies like the European Union and Japan that negotiated caps on the US levies collected on their shipments.
