In this Book
- Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Series: Studies in International Governance
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, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements.
Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xvi
- List of Acronyms
- p. xvii
- PART I: Why Institutional Reform Is Necessary
- PART II: Decision-Making in the WTO
- PART III: Internal Management of the WTO
- PART IV: Transparency and Domestic Consultation
- PART V: Public Participation
- PART VI: Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO
- Bibliography
- pp. 437-454
- Contributors
- pp. 455-460
Additional Information
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2009