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What can the G20 do about the WTO?
The G20’s role in trade reform is to deal with systemic issues that are not well handled by the WTO under a ‘business as usual’ approach. So the forum must deal with the current danger: if the WTO is allowed to muddle through, the existing trade rules that have underpinned globalisation and growth for decades could unravel.
If that happens, then even the WTO dispute settlement process will no longer provide protection to members — because there will be no rules to protect.
