This article is part of a series by openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods Project on the crisis of multilateralism. The views expressed are those of the author's only, and are not necessarily representative of either organisation.
In recent years the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has experienced a number of challenges. Some of these relate to a wider ‘crisis of multilateralism’, but others can be understood as the result of a confluence of factors rooted in the legal commitments that WTO members undertook at the establishment of the organisation in 1995.
