The Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization reserves the right to adopt `authoritative interpretations` of the multilateral trade agreements to the Ministerial Conference and the General Council. Given that, to date, this instrument has not been used, the present article intends to...

Globalization creates a demand for international rule-making, and the WTO remains the forum for creating binding and enforceable international trade rules. The WTO therefore needs an effective decision-making system capable of resolving diverging interests. Although the WTO Agreement foresees...