The central argument of this article is that the WTO is emerging as a major player in the field of global harmonization of national laws. Usually, when we think of institutions that deal with and promote harmonization of law, we think of organizations such as the UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, or even...

This article documents and analyzes an important feature of the GATT/WTO regime that has almost gone unnoticed in the academic literature: its relatively un-politicized character. It shows how unlike many other of the so-called specialized agencies of the United Nations, where the fallout of the...