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Triage? Assessing the EU’s Modernisation Proposals for the WTO

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According to the European Commission (EC), the WTO is struggling to credibly remain the go-to place for trade negotiations.1 Indeed, after the Commission stated its concerns, EU-Ambassador to the WTO Marc Vanheukelen commented that if the organisation does not take measures to move forward, the result would be “the demise of the rules-based trading system”.

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  1. MBA - Intern. Trade and Economic Developm., University of St. Gallen, Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Simon J. Evenett

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I thank without implicating Clemens Bonnekamp, Bernard Hoekman, Patrick Low, Edwin Vermulst, and Robert Wolfe for reactions to an earlier version of this paper.

Simon J. Evenett, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, UK.

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Evenett, S.J. Triage? Assessing the EU’s Modernisation Proposals for the WTO. Intereconomics 53, 253–256 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-018-0761-4

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