The procedures and practices to implement the provisions relating to tariff negotiations and renegotiations have evolved considerably since the GATT was established in 1947. The provisions themselves have undergone some changes in the last fifty-four years. Professor Hoda reviews the evolution...

This article documents and analyzes an important feature of the GATT/WTO regime that has almost gone unnoticed in the academic literature: its relatively un-politicized character. It shows how unlike many other of the so-called specialized agencies of the United Nations, where the fallout of the...