World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it's not fixed yet

  • Written by: Markus Wagner, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong
World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it's not fixed yetIndia's minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala celebrate the end of the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference.Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP

After decades of conflict that has neutered its work, the World Trade Organization looks to be back in business.

Its highest decision-making body – a...

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