World Trade Organization

by Alexia Herwig University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. History of the WTO

2.1. From the ITO to the GATT 1947
2.2. The creation of the WTO in 1994
2.3. The Doha Development Round

3. The WTO’s governance structure

3.1. WTO bodies
3.2. Decision-making procedure

4. Supranationalism

5. Democracy at national level

6. Input legitimacy

7. Participation

8. Control

9. Inter-state democracy

10. Power limitation

11. Human rights

12. Output legitimacy

13. Conclusions