Book contents
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Why Trade?
- Part II The Multilateral Trading System
- 2 The Founding of the Multilateral Trading System
- 3 Core Elements of the World Trading System
- 4 Twenty Values of the Multilateral Trading System
- 5 A Brief History of the WTO as Told to Us by Its Ministerial Conferences
- Part III The Regular Operations of the WTO
- Part IV Major Substantive Topics
- Part V World Trade Governance and Systemic Reform
- Part VI Conclusion
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - Twenty Values of the Multilateral Trading System
from Part II - The Multilateral Trading System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Why Trade?
- Part II The Multilateral Trading System
- 2 The Founding of the Multilateral Trading System
- 3 Core Elements of the World Trading System
- 4 Twenty Values of the Multilateral Trading System
- 5 A Brief History of the WTO as Told to Us by Its Ministerial Conferences
- Part III The Regular Operations of the WTO
- Part IV Major Substantive Topics
- Part V World Trade Governance and Systemic Reform
- Part VI Conclusion
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In creating the WTO and GATT before it, the world’s trading nations did more than enter into a contract. They also created a compact that is imbued with a series of values. No understanding of the WTO would be complete without understanding this qualitative aspect, often explicit, but sometimes only to be derived from the operation of the WTO and its agreements.
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- Revitalizing the World Trading System , pp. 52 - 82Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023