But a bigger trend is emerging: The relevance of the United States is dwindling when it comes to global trade. Whatever the final outcome of the tariff case, a new trend is floating on the horizon: global trade without the U.S. The possible American isolation is not only likely in world trade flows but also in world multilateral trading mechanisms with the World Trade Organization at the center. Washington’s goal of resetting the world trade rules based on Trump’s “America first” agenda is simply not practical. WTO members cover 98 percent of world trade, and 74 percent of world trade is currently still operating on the WTO rules base.