Where does the World Trade Organization (WTO) stand in the global economic recession? This paper argues that the WTO is …), World Bank and the WTO) is the most relevant to the current recession? The third topic is about the WTO and the global …

establishment of a rule-based multilateral trading system administered by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been an important …

economies over 1989-2010. By 2010, these World Trade Organization member countries collectively accounted for 21 percent of … world merchandise imports and 22 percent of world gross domestic product. The paper examines determinants of carefully …

1989 - 2010; by 2010, these WTO member countries collectively accounted for 21 percent of world merchandise imports and 22 … percent of world GDP. We examine determinants of carefully constructed, bilateral measures of new import protection imposed at …