Self-Enforcing Trade

The World Trade Organizationbackbone of today's international commercial relationsrequires member countries to self-enforce exporters' access to foreign markets. Its dispute settlement system is the crown jewel of the international trading system, but its benefits still fall disproportionately to wealthy nations. Could the system be doing more on behalf of developing countries? In Self-Enforcing Trade , Chad P. Bown explains why the answer is an emphatic "yes." Bown argues that as poor countries