US spurning of WTO could bring change for the good
Editor's Insight: The world's primary trade body is in a power vacuum, handicapped by out-of-date rules and no driving force to bring them up to date.
Wed, 13 Dec 2017
Trade ministers from the 164 member countries of the World Trade Organisation are meeting in Buenos Aires this week at a time when the body has never seemed more powerless.
This is mainly due to a backlash to globalisation led by the US, the country that once championed free trade and a