South Centre Commentary, 9 July 2025
WTO Reform: Facilitator’s Report on Initial Consultations (JOB/GC/445)
Commentary, 9 July 2025
By Vahini Naidu, Trade for Development Programme, South Centre
This commentary provides a critical analysis of the Facilitator’s Report on Initial Consultations on WTO Reform, highlighting the absence of a shared reform objective, the fragmentation of issues, and the risks posed to developing country priorities, particularly with respect to the Special and Differential Treatment and self-designation, and the consensus-based decision-making. It examines the legal and institutional implications of current reform narratives and cautions against proposals that may entrench rather than correct systemic imbalances.
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WTO Reform: Facilitator’s Report on Initial Consultations (JOB/GC/445)
This article was tagged: 2025 BRICS Declaration, International Trade, Multilateral Trade System, Special and Differential Treatment, Trade for Development Programme (TDP), Vahini Naidu, World Trade Organization (WTO), WTO Reform
