MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The migration deal imposed on Mexico this week by U.S. President Donald Trump under the threat of punitive tariffs was a victory for "hostage-taking" over international rules, a former head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Saturday. His criticism of Trump's tariffs reflects wider misgivings about the United States going it alone. "The U.S. president is taking trade decisions that are in total violation of the WTO rules," Lamy said. Turning to Trump's clashes with the WTO, Lamy said it was still not clear whether the U.S. president was more interested in reforming the organization, or neutralizing it. But he said the rest of the world needed a fallback plan if the United States decided not to abide by international rules.

Source: The Star June 08, 2019 18:22 UTC