The Eighth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 17 December 2011 offers a critical opportunity to generate fresh perspectives to strengthen the multilateral trading system and bring momentum back to trade talks in ways that secure...

BS Chimni, Developing countries and the GATT/WTO system : some reflections on the idea of free trade and the Doha round trade negotiations -- Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Dysfunction, diversion, and the debate over preferences : (how) do preferential trade policies work? -- J. Michael Finger, Trade and...

Ethiopia’s formal request to join the WTO was submitted on 13 January 2003, following more than a decade long unilateral trade liberalization pursued as part of the country’s effort to transform itself from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy. Joining the WTO was considered as...