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Reforming the WTO: Toward More Democratic
Governance and Decision-Making
Saif Al-Islam Alqadhafi
Gaddafi Foundation for Development
EL Fatah Tower - 5th Floor – No. 57
PO Box: 1101
Tripoli, Libya
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§ I: Introduction
This paper takes a critical approach to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and
proposes a radical solution involving more direct involvement of civil society and the
private sector in WTO governing structures. Jan Aart Scholte has suggested that critics of
the WTO fall broadly into one of three categories: ‘radicals’, who believe the institution
is failing to the degree that it ought to be abolished; ‘reformers’, who are still in favor of
maintaining the WTO but believe it is in need of serious re-thinking; and ‘conformers’,
who believe the current trading system and WTO need only minor adjustments.1 This
paper is written from a reformist viewpoint. Although current political realities,
especially the recent collapse of the Doha......

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Approximate Pages: 95 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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