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The GATT/WTO at 60: What have they achieved and where have they fallen short of their objectives?

Julio Lacarte Muró, former chairman of the WTO's Appellate Body and Uruguayan trade negotiator for five decades  and John Weekes, senior trade policy adviser with Sidley Austin and former Canadian ambassador to the WTO, discuss what the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,  have achieved  and where they could have done better.  The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell. You can also make your views known in the online forum below.

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