Yellen Defends US Global Economic Role and Condemns Isolationism

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday condemned isolationism and said Washington’s global economic leadership supports economies around the world and benefits American people.

“From day one, we rejected isolationism that made America and the world worse off,” she said in Washington, a thinly veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump two weeks out from the election.

While Yellen has made the case for US engagement before, her comments also come as the world’s economic leaders gather in Washington for the World Bank and International Monetary Funds annual meetings, where the outcome of the vote will have significant impacts on ...