Actions for Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the twenty-first century
Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the twenty-first century / Debra P. Steger, editor
- Published
- [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 475 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Steger, Debra P., 1952-, International Development Research Centre (Canada), and Centre for International Governance Innovation
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Why institutional reform is necessary -- Decision-making in the WTO -- Internal management of the WTO -- Transparency and domestic consultation -- Public participation -- Regional trade agreements and the WTO.
- Summary
- Two high-level commissions?the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007?addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, particip.
- Subject(s)
- World Trade Organization
- World Trade Organization—Reorganization
- World Trade Organization—Management
- Organisation mondiale du commerce
- International trade agencies
- Organisation mondiale du commerce—Réorganisation
- Organisation mondiale du commerce—Gestion
- Organisations de commerce international
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Exports & Imports
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—International—General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—International—Marketing
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—International Relations—Trade & Tariffs
- Administrative agencies—Reorganization
- Management
- ISBN
- 1552504557 (electronic bk.)
9781552504550 (electronic bk.)
9781554581566
1554581567
1299313329
9781299313323
1282534378
9781282534377
9786612534379
6612534370
1554581745
9781554581740 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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