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Continuity and Change in the World Trade Organization

Pluralism Past, Present, and Future

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ID9550323
AuthorsRobert Howse, Joanna Langille (0000-0002-5888-7703, Western University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume117
Issue1
Pages1-47
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/ajil.2022.82
OpenAlexW4318042226
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The World Trade Organization is at an important institutional crossroads, buffeted by critique and with its once-heralded dispute system in doubt. Despite some achievements at the 2022 MC12 Ministerial Conference, the WTO appears in crisis, without a strong institutional mandate. In this Article, we offer a vision for its future, rooted in a particular interpretation of its past. The WTO's legal architecture is characterized by a resilient pluralism, which seeks to preserve diversity of governance models and regulatory approaches, both economic and political, in the domestic orders of member states. Despite strong pressures to impose a neoliberal vision of the state-market relationship on states, this pluralism has persevered; it offers a response to the WTO's critics and a mandate for the WTO's future

Comparative law · Corporate governance · Economics · Epistemology · International trade · Interpretation (philosophy · Law and economics · Legal pluralism · Management · Mandate · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · World trade · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Law · World Trade Organization Law

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Citations per year4
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 8

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