Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2009

WTO Reform: The Time to Start Is Now

Uri Dadush

September 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

The languishing Doha Round of global trade talks elicits questions about the limitations of the World Trade Organization, just as economic crisis and burgeoning protectionist pressures demonstrate the urgency of strengthening trade rules. In a new policy brief, Uri Dadush explains why the WTO needs to be reformed to be effective and to remain relevant.