The World Trade Organization's legitimacy crisis: What does the beast look like?

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The diagnosis of an 'institution of crisis' is reviewed from a political and law perspective. The existing fallacies about assessing multilateral intergovernmental institutions and the competing schools of thought that approach the World Trade Organization (WTO) are discussed. The actual debate on redesigning the WTO is taken up and question of balancing input and output legitimacy is addressed.

author: Elsig, Manfred
United States, Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support, Intergovernmental Relations, Political aspects

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Redefining development, reimagining globalization: the WTO and China's new economic vision

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The article examines China's economic vision before joining the WTO and after, and how it redefines its interests in the multilateral trading system and gives suggestions for sustaining growth.

author: Sun Liang, Zhang Xiangchen
China, Scientific Research and Development Services, Development, Economic Programs-Total Govt, Administration of Economic Programs, Economic aspects, Economic development

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Substantive trademark law harmonization by means of the WTO Appellate body and the European Court of Justice: the case of trade name protection

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The article discusses the respective capacities and roles of the Appellate Body and the ECJ and offers an assessment of the new transnational trademark law.

author: Evans, Gail E.
Europe, Interpretation and construction, Powers and duties, European Court of Justice, Trademark law

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subjects list: Management, World Trade Organization, Company business management
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