Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era

This book reinforces the importance of the multilateral trading system and provides thought-provoking reflections on the future regulation of international trade given many of the contemporary issues we are grappling with such as the recovery from the pandemic and the need to better reflect sustainability concerns in our trade discourse. A very timely intervention, and a must read. * Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre, Switzerland * At a time when the World Trade Organization is much in need of new ideas for reform and modernization, the authors of this book offer ideas aplenty ... This collection of essays by leading scholars from throughout the world will be of immense benefit to trade negotiators and to other trade policymakers as they strive to write new and improved rules for world trade while also ensuring that trade affirmatively supports health, environment, and the other Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. * James Bacchus, Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs, University of Central Florida, USA * The WTO is at a crossroads. After years of embattlement, there is an opportunity to update its framework, reinstitute the dispute settlement mechanism and improve the way in which the organization works. Creative and innovative ideas are needed to move forward. This book explores just that ... For all those interested in enhancing global trade cooperation and strengthening the multilateral rules-based system, this is a not-to-be-missed book. * Anabel Gonzalez, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization; Former Trade Minister, Costa Rica *