Decision making in the WTO has become ever more difficult as the number of members increases and the range of issues … tackled broadens. This paper looks at reasons why aspects of decision-making might be changed and discusses a number of … trading system. It then takes a detailed look at the notion of ‘critical mass' decision-making. It argues for this approach …

Decision-making processes are among the most important methods of functioning against which the legitimacy of one … minimal level of accountability. Moreover, in the recent trend of international fora, especially the WTO, decision-making by … weighted voting. In the WTO, consensus based decision-making is popular, while voting is possible and/or mandatory only in some …