“The WTO conference was worse than we expected, so why all the smiles?” April 7, 2026, with Peter Ungphakorn
TREADING WATER in the WTO with Peter Ungphakorn
Part 1. What to expect at MC14 Mar 17, 2026
Part 2. A “reform ministerial”? Mar 18, 2026
Part 3. Save WTO from drowning Mar 19, 2026
● The forgotten issue: external transparency Mar 21, 2026
● ‘Broken’, ‘moribund’: Journalists need a better thesaurus Mar 26, 2026
‘Here’s a thought: the WTO doesn’t need reform, but it does need help’ July 11, 2025, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘Why efforts to reform the WTO need to move out of Geneva’, July 11, 2025, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘What Geneva delegations told ‘facilitator’ Ølberg about WTO reform’, July 10, 2025, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘Ursula von der Leyen is wrong about the WTO and should know better‘ July 1, 2025, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘New WTO tool allows us to see trade concerns more clearly‘, October 28, 2024
‘WTO members head for clash on consensus decisions and abuse of power‘ May 16, 2024, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘Scoring the Ministerial Conference Results in the WTO Director-General’s ‘Half-Full’ Glass,’ April 5, 2024 with Peter Ungphakorn
‘What Next? Seven Talking Points after the WTO’s 2024 Ministerial Conference,’ March 13, 2024 with Peter Ungphakorn
Cynics circle as another WTO Ministerial Conference heads for small pickings, February 21, 2024, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘Definitely. Maybe. Unlikely. Who Knows? Issues on the WTO Conference Agenda,’ February 21, 2024, with Peter Ungphakorn
WTO senior officials face struggle to avoid distractions ‘elsewhere’ October 19, 2023, , with Peter Ungphakorn
Friend-shoring risks drifting into a costly snow job June 17, 2023 Governments should tread with care when their trade policies are based on security
Belief in the multilateral trade system is eroding, and that spells trouble, February 26, 2023, with Peter Ungphakorn
WTO members achieve breakthrough, but the tough part is what happens next June 30, 2022, with Peter Ungphakorn
Have we just seen the funeral of the WTO ‘single undertaking’?June 21, 2022
How did the Ministerial Conference do? Our scorecards June 19, 2022, with Peter Ungphakorn
Touch and go at the WTO. Is the director-general’s optimism justified? June 9, 2022, with Peter Ungphakorn
Good news and bad news from the scrapped WTO Ministerial Conference (December 6, 2021), with Peter Ungphakorn
The WTO is regularly in crisis, but this time could be different (November 26, 2021), with Peter Ungphakorn
‘How Wide Should the WTO Window Be Set? A Long Read on Transparency and Trade Negotiations,’ April 26, 2021, with Peter Ungphakorn
‘WTO Negotiation and Institutional Reform Priorities: Stakeholder Perspectives,’ VoxEU.org (09 July 2020), with Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis and Douglas Nelson
‘Selecting the Next WTO Director-General: What the Trade Community Thinks,’ VoxEU.org (08 July 2020), with Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis and Douglas Nelson
“WTO Dispute Settlement and the Appellate Body Crisis: Insider Perceptions and Members” Revealed Preferences,” VoxEU.org (20 November 2019), with Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis, and Maarja Saluste
‘Is the USMCA just a lesser NAFTA?’ November 30, 2018
The USMCA avoids the worst of what President Trump wanted and reduces uncertainty for investors and traders about the rules for North American trade.
‘What do Canadians think about trade and globalization?‘ October 9, 2018, with Giancarlo Acquaviva, Eliane Hamel Barker
Bangladesh’s garment workers need Canada to do its part, October 3, 2018, with Juthika Hasan
‘North Americans Remain United on Trade, yet Divided on NAFTA‘, with Giancarlo Acquaviva, August 2018
A progressive trade agenda with China? Bilateral Canada-China trade talks can be successful, if we reframe what a trade agreement looks like. August 23, 2017
‘How Canada can keep the lights on at the WTO‘, August 3, 2017
Who has leverage in the NAFTA renegotiation? July 25, 2017
Who put the boot into Canadian dairy and why? with Peter Ungphakorn, June 23, 2017