Adjunct Professor Matt Gold was quoted in a CNN article about the steep tariffs that Trump Administration might impose on steel and aluminum.
Experts say that rationale is flimsy, and isn’t likely to hold under the rules established by the World Trade Organization.
In fact, it could be deemed such a flagrant violation of the rules that it could open the door for tit-for-tat responses from other countries, according to Matt Gold, an international trade law expert at Fordham University.
“When we commit a major violation of global trading rules, it really shakes the foundation of the whole global trading system,” Gold said.