Democratic Deficit, the Global Trade System and 11 September

This short paper examines the Howard government's engagement with the World Trade Organization through the prism of two events: the S11 anti‐globalisation protests and the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States. Several policy dilemmas are highlighted including: concerns about the accountability and legitimacy of global political institutions (democratic deficit); the government's reluctance to expand public participation in trade policy‐making; and the preference for bilateral rather than multilateral trade agreements. Together these developments have undermined Australia's commitment to multilateralism and a “rules‐based” system for international trade, and have subjected Australia to the asymmetries of power that were traditionally mitigated by global political institutions

Accountability · Commercial policy · Democracy · democratic deficit · Democratic legitimacy · Economics · Globalization · Government (linguistics) · International trade · Legitimacy · Multilateralism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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