The Race for the WTO Director-General job: Seven candidates speak
In this VoxEU eBook, seven of the nine candidates for Director General of the WTO offer a short essay exploring challenges to the world trading system and how they would tackle them. Taken together, the essays provide a uniquely comprehensive view of the world’s trade governance problems. It will be an important reference long after the selection process ends.
Foreword
Richard Baldwin
Introduction: The choice of a new WTO Director-General
Bernard M. Hoekman and Petros C. Mavroidis
Challenges and way forward of the WTO
Taeho Bark
A vision for the WTO
Anabel González
WTO: At the crossroads
Tim Groser
Strengthening the WTO
Ahmad Thougan Hindawi
Building a new trade consensus
Alan Kyerematen
Consolidation and adaptation to new challenges
Amina Mohamed
The multilateral trading system and WTO: Challenges and priorities
Mari Pangestu