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One of the key issues in WTO reform is to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of the institution. As it is often hard to reach consensus among 164 member states, one way forward could be that a subset of members deepens cooperation in a specific area. This could take...

On 4 February 2020, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the King Baudouin Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, organised a DINNER DIALOGUE in Brussels. The topic that evening was the Conference on the Future of Europe and how to meaningfully involve citizens.

Reforming WTO working practices can increase the efficiency of the organisation and raise its attractiveness to its members. This paper summarises the main recommendations from our other publications on reforming WTO working practices.

Industrial subsidies are a major source of trade tensions among WTO members. Cooperating internationally on how to deal with industrial subsidies, improve transparency and create common disciplines would defuse many of these conflicts. This paper summarises the...

Strengthening rule enforcement at the WTO is crucial for the organisation to maintain its relevance. This includes updating the functioning of the Appellate Body. This paper summarises the main recommendations of our other publications on dispute settlement and Appellate...

Alle Ländern Europas existieren Kommunen. Der Begriff wird jedoch ganz unterschiedlich interpretiert. In dieser Ausgabe werden die kommunalen Ebenen von 21 europäischen Ländern beschrieben. Im Ergebnis tritt eine große Varianz der Strukturen auf. So gibt es bis zu drei...

Recent survey evidence and proposals made in long-running negotiations to improve WTO dispute settlement procedures illustrate that many stakeholders believe the system needs improvement. The Appellate Body crisis could have been avoided but for the use of consensus as WTO...

In 1995, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) was founded, much was expected of this new forum. However, 25 years later, the WTO has not lived up to these great expectations, as an analysis of media coverage over this period shows. Since the mid-2000s, the intensity of...

Global economic trends over the last decades have steadily increased the links between Asia and Europe. For both regions, a growing economic interdependency represents an opportunity to build strong, fair and sustainable relations. Nonetheless, constant global economic...

Unser Stifter Reinhard Mohn, dessen Todestag sich im Oktober 2019 zum zehnten Mal jährte, betonte zum Jahrtausendwechsel: „Internationale Kooperation und Friedenssicherung heißt das politische Gebot der Stunde.“ Bis heute hat diese Aussage nicht an Aktualität verloren. So...