Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and review recent developments in the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. We describe the … GATT/WTO architecture and briefly trace its historical antecedents. We suggest that the existing literature provides a … useful framework for understanding and interpreting central features of the design and practice of the GATT/WTO, and we …

Trade (GATT), global trade rules traditionally focus on "shallow integration"—with an emphasis on reducing tariffs and trade … understanding the success of GATT in the twentieth century. And according to this understanding, Staiger concludes, the logic of … GATT's design transcends many, if not all, of the current challenges faced by the WTO. With its penetrating view of the …