The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Challenges

The main aim of this paper is the presentation the World Trade Organisation (WTO) challenges. Over
the years, the GATT/WTO’s reach has progressively extended beyond traditional border concerns to
grapple with the trade effects of “inside the border” measures. There is broad agreement among
researchers that the challenges arising from the growing number of preferential trade agreements
must be high on the agenda of the WTO. Important is make a distinction between the issues raised by
“deep” integration agreements, which focus mostly on regulatory convergence, and those raised by
shallow integration agreements, which focus mostly on preferential tariffs.