"A Rather Sober Experience": Insights from the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, by Prof Manfred Elsig

The ENSURED Horizon project about global governance transformation has just launched its expert blog.

Prof Elsig, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Research at the World Trade Institute, sits on the expert network. For the blog launch, he writes a piece on the outcomes of the recent WTO Ministerial Conference. 

Issues like geopolitical gridlock and complex trade agendas hamper the World Trade Organization in fulfilling its mandate. What happened at the recent conference? And what role does the EU have to play in global trade governance? Leading expert Manfred Elsig, a professor at the University of Bern, answers some key questions

Read the full blog here.

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