The world trading system is at a turning point, and the role of the World Trade Organization is at the center of the discussion. Clete Willems, Washington lawyer and former White House trade advisor, makes the case for reforming the WTO across all three of its pillars: negotiations, implementation and monitoring, and dispute settlement, and points to a critical alliance to move the system forward: the US and EU.
 
 
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Show Notes:
 
 
What Clete Willems has been reading lately:
 
 
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54220036-geopolitical-alpha" target="_blank">Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future</a> by Marko Papic
 
 
Related reading and listening:
 
 
<a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/revitalizing-the-wto/" target="_blank">Revitalizing the World Trade Organization</a> by Clete Willems
 
 
<a href="https://yeutter-institute.unl.edu/why-there-crisis-world-trade-organization" target="_blank">Why is there a Crisis at the World Trade Organization?</a> Trade Matters Podcast, Episode 5

21. Engagement in the Asia-Pacific and What’s Next for U.S. Trade Policy

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