puzzle for economic theory: if multilateralism is an effective forum for liberalisation (as it has been in the past), then …-making principles with an expanded and more diverse membership can render multilateralism less desirable for hub countries than … expanding WTO membership has increased the number of such countries, then the benefits of multilateralism versus regionalism …

Why do governments choose multilateralism? We examine a principal-agent model in which states trade some control over … patterns of support and opposition to multilateralism. To focus our study, we analyze support for bilateral and multilateral … multilateral engagement. We find weak support for multilateralism and deep partisan divisions. Reflecting elite discourse, public …