US, Japan, Europe Agree to Take on China and Reform WTO

The partners agree to push for new rules to tackle nations that undermine the global trade system

European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom (C), US trade representative Robert Lighthizer (L) and Japan's Economy Minister Hiroshige Seko arrive for a meeting for talks at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, on March 10, 2018. STEPHANIE LECOCQ/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Trade chiefs of the United States, Japan, and the European Union agreed to work together to tackle China’s unfair trade practices, a key reason behind President Donald Trump’s tariff war with Beijing.

On Sept. 25, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his counterparts Hiroshige Seko of Japan and Cecilia Malmstrom of the EU met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.