The financial turmoil is the first global stress test for the WTO since its creation. The crisis which emerged in October 2008 has spread its negative effects around the world and WTO members have had recourse to the flexibility conceded by WTO rules in order to counter its negative...

The economic crisis has challenged the role of international organizations and in particular the “Bretton Woods institutions” which have often been criticized for not having provided solutions to economic troubles. The role of the World Trade Organization in keeping markets open and to avoid...