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Are RTAs stepping stones or obstacles to the trading system?

The speakers Jagdish Bhagwati, professor at Columbia University and Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, discuss whether regional trade deals are stepping stones or obstacles to a better functioning of the multilateral trading system. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell. You can also make your views known in the online forum below.

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