The WTO and Domestic Political Disquiet

The recent "legalization" of the global trade regime (the WTO) has inspired enormous amounts of research and literature. Fewer commentators, however, have examined WTO legalization from the perspective of domestic interest groups. I add to this growing subfield of literature by arguing that the WTO has not exceeded its boundary for domestic political acceptance, nor will it likely do so in the near future. In one respect-" judicial activism"-legalization does, however, present a threat to domestic political support. Still, drawing from historical lessons, I argue that the WTO as an institution will face irrelevance only if both protectionists and multilateralists conclude that the institution no longer represents their interests

Economics · Institution · International trade · Legalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · World trade · Human Rights and Development · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Law · World Trade Organization Law

• Enforcement and Countermeasures in the WTO

  Open Access•Joost Pauwelyn•American Journal of International…•2000

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• In the Shadow of Law or Power? Consensus-Based Bargaining and Outcomes in the Gatt/WTO

  Open Access•Richard H Steinberg•International Organization•2002

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• Ideas, institutions, and American trade policy

  Open Access•Judith Goldstein•International Organization•1988

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• International regimes, transactions, and change

  Open Access•John Gerard Ruggie•International Organization•1982

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