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World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it's not fixed yet

  • Written by Markus Wagner, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong
World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it's not fixed yetIndia's minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala celebrate the end of the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference.Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP

After decades of conflict that has neutered its work, the World Trade Organization looks to be back in business.

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