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Green room politics and the WTO's crisis of representation

Professor of Economics, Babson College Babson Park, MA 02457–0310

World Trade Organization (WTO) Green Room meetings are small gatherings of representatives from up to 30 member countries, invited by the Director-General. They are designed to provide the basis for a consensus on critical negotiating issues that can be brought to the WTO membership as a whole. Green rooms appear to be a necessary feature of consensus building in such a large organization, but they have been criticized because they tend to favor representation from large and high-income member countries. This paper discusses the impact of the green room on the WTO decision-making process and the possibilities of reform.

Key Words: World Trade Organization • green room • international institutions • trade policy • trade negotiations • Doha Round

Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, 349-357 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/146499340900900408


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