Like many other international organisations, the World Trade Organization stands at a crossroads. There is an obvious imbalance between the organisation's dispute settlement arm and its negotiation platform. While its current rules, supported by strong dispute settlement system, have provided some buffering against the negative effects of the financial crises, its negotiation machinery has not …
The development of new digital technologies has resulted in significant transformations in daily life, from the arrival of online shopping to more fundamental changes in the ways we work and communicate. Many of these changes raise questions that transcend market access and liberalisation and demand cooperation and coherrent regulatory design. International trade regulation has hitherto not rea…