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As the WTO flounders, the world’s middle powers go their own way
- Caroline Hug
- Mar 30, 2026
After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.
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After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.
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