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Rise and Fall of Trade Multilateralism: A Proposal for “WTO à la Carte” as an Alternative Approach for Trade Negotiations |
Zhixiong Huang() |
School of Law, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China |
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Abstract Under the auspice of the GATT, the idea of “single undertaking” was introduced in the Uruguay Round to get rid of what is called “GATT à la carte” in the Tokyo Round and to strengthen the trading system. However, that approach, combined with other factors, in particular the consensus decision making rule, greatly increased the difficulties of decision making in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This article proposes a “WTO à la carte” approach for trade negotiations and discusses its implications for the future of trade multilateralism.
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Keywords
multilateral trading system
single undertaking
consensus
WTO à la carte
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Corresponding Author(s):
Zhixiong Huang,Email:huangzx1999@yahoo.com.cn
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Issue Date: 05 March 2011
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