Why institutional reform is necessary -- Decision-making in the WTO -- Internal management of the WTO -- Transparency and domestic consultation -- Public participation -- Regional trade agreements and the WTO
Summary
Two high-level commissions?the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007?addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, particip
