For 22 years, the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been discussing how to govern e-commerce and the data that underpins it. In 2019, some 74 (now 86) nations began to negotiate e-commerce. These talks are conducted in secret and little is known about how they are progressing....

This article briefly discusses how China has performed in the WTO and the implications of its failure to enforce its own laws; a possible violation of its accession commitments. I argue that China's membership in the WTO has provided benefits for the world's people, but China is exporting its...

Corruption (the abuse of entrusted authority for illicit gain) is pervasive, hard to measure, and damaging both to economic growth and human rights. Corruption is also intimately associated with trade. However, the international organization governing trade, the WTO, says nothing about...

This article examines how WTO rules could support business acting responsibly in nations with inadequate governance. The article also discuses how WTO rules hamper global corporate social responsibility. In particular the author examines social labeling, procurement policies, CSR clauses, and...