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Robert E. Lighthizer: “[M]any are concerned that the WTO is losing its essential focus on negotiation and becoming a litigation-centered…”

On the recordNovember 26, 2018
[M]any are concerned that the WTO is losing its essential focus on negotiation and becoming a litigation-centered organization. Too often members seem to believe they can gain concessions through lawsuits that they could never get at the negotiating table.
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Robert E. Lighthizer

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Lighthizer highlights concerns about the WTO's shift from negotiation to litigation.

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