The Future of the WTO
The WTO's future may lie in plurilateral agreements, which could revitalize its role in global trade.
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| Report location: | source |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | CATO Institute |
| Authors: | James Bacchus |
| Geographic focus: | Global |
Methods
The research method used in the report is an analysis of the WTO's historical approaches to trade agreements, current challenges, and potential solutions through plurilateral agreements.
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Key Insights
The report discusses the World Trade Organization's (WTO) shift from multilateral to plurilateral agreements due to the inefficacy of consensus-based trade liberalization. It suggests plurilateralism as a pragmatic alternative for addressing pressing trade issues, which could eventually evolve into multilateral agreements, thus restoring the WTO's centrality in global trade.
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Additional Viewpoints
Categories: English publication language | Global geographic scope | consensus approach | digital trade | environmental goods | global trade | investment facilitation | multilateralism | plurilateral agreements | services domestic regulation | trade liberalization | wto