Although the WTO has fulfilled several key tasks it was set up to do - providing periodic reviews of members' trade policies, resolving disputes, supporting negotiations - with the notable exceptions of the Trade Facilitation and Information Technology agreements, WTO members have not been able to negotiate new rules on "bread and butter" trade policies The importance of doing so was illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw widespread uncoordinated recourse to trade policy instruments This paper highlights four reforms that would bolster the effectiveness of the WTO as a forum for trade cooperation: (1) improving collection and reporting of information on trade-related policies;(2) supporting analysis-informed deliberation to establish a common understanding of the need and scope for cooperation in specific policy areas;(3) putting in place a stronger multilateral governance framework for plurilateral cooperation between groups of WTO members;and (4) re-establishing an effective dispute settlement system

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COVID-19 之后的世贸组织改革优先事项

尽管世贸组织已经完成了其成立时要做的几项关键任务——定期审查成员的贸易政策、解决争端、支持谈判——除了贸易便利化和信息技术协议的明显例外，世贸组织成员未能就“面包和黄油”贸易政策谈判新规则 这样做的重要性已从 COVID-19 大流行中得到了说明，该流行病导致广泛不协调地诉诸贸易政策工具 本文重点介绍了四项改革，这些改革将提高 WTO 作为贸易政策论坛的有效性贸易合作：(1) 改进贸易相关政策信息的收集和报告；(2) 支持基于分析的审议，以就特定政策领域的合作需求和范围达成共识；(3) 为 WTO 成员集团之间的诸边合作建立更强有力的多边治理框架；以及 (4) 重新建立有效的争端解决机制