TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “President Donald Trump said today he does not intend to withdraw the U.S. from the World Trade Organization, despite a news report earlier today that he often privately expresses that desire to advisers. ‘I’m not talking about pulling out,’ Trump told reporters on his way to Bedminster, New Jersey, where he owns a resort. ‘We’ve been treated very badly. … It’s an unfair situation.’ The U.S. is a founding member of the WTO, which was established in 1995. Trump often complains that the WTO is biased against the U.S., but others disagree and believe the benefits of remaining in the rules-based world trading system outweigh any shortcomings of membership.”
-Doug Palmer, “Trump: U.S. not withdrawing from the WTO,” Politico, June 29, 2018 6:06 pm