To Trump, Human Rights Concerns Are Often a Barrier to Trade

as concern for human rights becomes continuously important in international politics today, one would think that the united states will be a strong advocate for it. while this has been true for most president, our current president thinks it is a barrier to trade in his own words "as long as they are allies in areas the president considers more important, namely security and economics."https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/middleeast/rex-w-tillerson-saudi-arabia-human-rights.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0