WTO: An Optimistic Pre-Mortem In Hopes Of Resurrection
Interesting perspectives by DMITRY GROZOUBINSKI, The Lowy Institute ahead of WTO elections and at a critical time for the revitalisation of this key organisation: At a time when stability and predictability are needed most, the body at the heart of the rules-based trading system — the World Trade Organization — is reeling from far more than just a paralysed Appellate Body and antagonistic Trump administration. KEY FINDINGS In the midst of a pandemic and escalating global prot