Rewind: The WTO’s recipe for revival

The runup to the World Trade Organization’s the 12th ministerial conference, just over six weeks away, has, in the minds of many, led to intensified discussions about short- and long-term needs. In the short-term, MC12 can offer specifics that can immediately restore some luster to the WTO’s tarnished image. A successful MC12 outcome could then act as a tone-setting symbol so that a group partially shuttered for lack of the consensus that guides its processes can find a new and...