. The paper assembles detailed information about the IP provisions contained in active RTAs notified to the WTO. The goal … was to expand beyond the more commonly studied RTAs, to review the full array of agreements notified to the WTO and thus …

2013. WTO commitments (1.0 p.p. average cut) and unilateral liberalizations on a most-favored-nation (MFN) basis (1.3 p …

We consider the purpose and design of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, GATT. We review recent … developments in the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. And we describe the GATT/WTO architecture and briefly trace its … central features of the design and practice of the GATT/WTO, and we identify key unresolved issues. …

There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …

This paper discusses the challenges that confront the WTO, inspired by the recent appointment of a new Director … the path forward for the WTO and for sustaining multilateral cooperation on trade. …

At the 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali it was agreed to develop a work program to conclude the long … WTO takes a “silo approach”, addressing policy areas in isolation. This may reduce the relevance of WTO agreements as the … should be discussed. Greater use of the WTO for deliberation on trade policy matters and learning from the experience of …

This paper discusses the challenges that confront the WTO, inspired by the recent appointment of a new Director … the path forward for the WTO and for sustaining multilateral cooperation on trade. …