Policy Failures  Weakness in terms of facilitating the implementation of

Perfor development-oriented policies

mance  Inability to achieve full liberalization of trade in
agriculture and to some extent textiles
 Partial and unbalanced implementation of services
agreement: failure to include free movement of services’
labor
 Increasing the burden on developing countries through
rather limited transition periods in TRIPs, TRIMs and GATS
 Failure in effective implementation of special and
differential treatment (Swiss formula in NAMA agreement
 Absence of policy relating to environmental protection
and labor rights
 Overloading of the WTO agenda; turning the institution
towards a forum for discussion rather than a forum for
solution.
 Shrinking of policy space for national governments with
negative implications for their future development
trajectories
Achievement  Increase in the volume and value of trade
s  Removal of trade and non-trade barriers such as VERs
and MFAs
 Widening of the scope of trade governance from trade i
goods to trade in services, intellectual property and
investment
Table 1: Ten Years  More enforceable rules and mechanisms relating to
of the WTO dispute settlement
Regime:  Bringing agriculture and textiles under the WTO umbrel
Achievements and
 Extension of the scope of rules from border managemen
Failures in
to within border management in trade
Perspective
 Inclusion of developmental policies on the WTO agenda
Institution Failures  Limited staff and limited resources for effective
al Capacity regulation and enforcement capacity
 Limited enforcement capacity with respect to powerful
members, especially in Dispute Settlement cases
 NGOs are still not perceived as integral part of world
trade governance
 Democratic nature is in question; continuing problems in
terms of transparency and accountability; decision makin
through informal meetings
 Limited institutional autonomy in the context of a
member driven regime
Achievement  Stronger institution in comparison with the GATT
s  More democratic structure than IMF/WB through one
member-one vote and consensus based decision making
 Cooperative stance towards other international
organizations
 Evidence of increasing dialogue with NGOs
 Special emphasis on sustainable development and trade
related aspect of development
 Increase in the number of committees and programs for
technical, policy and financial assistance to LDCs
 Increasing transparency through prevention of green
room negotiations and effective use of web page
 Rise in monitoring capacity through World Trade Report
and Trade Policy Review