The last multilateral trade negotiations chaired by the World Trade Organization met huge problems which could lead to failure. We examine the working of this negotiation process based on rules and power struggles. The increasing number of Member countries, the rule of consensus, the assertion...

This text presents the following articles about the World Trade Organisation. It opposes a « liberalist » conception of multilateralism to a cooperative interpretation. The first one stresses the role of the organisation to liberalise the international trade. The second one emphasises its...