Date: 2020
Type: Working Paper
Open plurilateral agreements, global spillovers and multilateral trading system
Working Paper, Bertelsmann Stiftung Working Papers, 2020, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., SABEL, Charles, Open plurilateral agreements, global spillovers and multilateral trading system, Bertelsmann Stiftung Working Papers, 2020, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70200
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One of the key issues in WTO reform is to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of the institution. As it is often hard to reach consensus among 164 member states, one way forward could be that a subset of members deepens cooperation in a specific area. This could take place through an Open Plurilateral Agreement (OPA). This kind of plurilateral agreement would still be grounded in the WTO and it would be open for other WTO Members to join later on. In this paper, Bernard Hoekman and Charles Sabel outline the basic features of OPAs and how they can help to revitalise multilateral trade governance.
Additional information:
Published online 25/03/2020
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70200
External link: https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/open-plurilateral-agreements-global-spillovers-and-the-multilateral-trading-system
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Series/Number: Bertelsmann Stiftung Working Papers; 2020; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Publisher: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Sponsorship and Funder information:
This paper is part of a research project on WTO reform supported by the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Earlier different version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/60905
Version: The article is a published version of EUI RSCAS WP; 2019/10
