Neglecting Some Rules, Emphasizing Others: How the WTO is Still Operating Even Though its Raison d'être is Broken

• In Event: Crisis or Cooperation at the WTO

Brief Overview

The WTO's Director General, Okonjo-Iweala and its ministers have been neglecting the rules about the DSM, instead emphasizing the impact of existing rules, such as admitting new members and progress on fisheries subsidies, core functions of the WTO.

Author

• Pamela Elizabeth Blackmon, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona