The World Trade Organization (WTO) managed a last minute deal in Bali, but with “megaregional” trade agreements like the TransPacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership under negotiation, it’s clear that new dynamics are emerging in the global trade architecture and the centrality of the WTO is wavering. In 2014, Salzburg Global Seminar, in partnership with Korean Development Institute (KDI)’s School of Public Policy and Management, brought 40 top-level policy makers and practitioners across the trade spectrum for the program New Dynamics in Global Trade Architecture: WTO, G20 and Regional Trade Agreements to consider the current state of the multilateral trade architecture and consider what should – and can – be improved.
