This special edition of our Expert Analysis presents four lectures (edited for publication) on World Trade Organization reform delivered by the author at LSE IDEAS during June-November 2022 and concluding in May 2023. The paper ends on a postscript reflecting on the perspectives on the different issues discussed in the lectures following the outcome of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in February-March 2024, as well as the November 2024 re-election of Donald Trump—on the basis of a disruptive trade policy agenda.
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Reflections on WTO Reform
Ignacio Garcia Bercero was Director in DG Trade of the European Commission, retiring in April 2024. He is currently a non-resident fellow with Bruegel and a member of the Friends of Multilateralism Group. This text represents solely the views of its author and cannot in any circumstances be regarded as the official position of the European Commission