ABSTRACT
The World Trade Organization (WTO) international treaties should be regularly revisited and revised, in order to be appropriate for needs and widely held opinions – without compromising their evolution. The greater the extent to which the majority of the WTO Members consider international trade law to be relevant to their circumstances, the less likely they are to pursue Plurilateral Trade Agreements with each other that undermine the objectives, the policies and/or the projects of the WTO. If they consider the global law to be relevant, then they will ensure as far as they are reasonably able that the contents of their newly-agreed PTAs observe both the spirit and the content of this law. In the event of perceived trade threats to a country, the responsible officers of that state should initially raise the matter in dialogue both at the WTO, in bilateral or plurilateral meetings, or in any other forum for trade relations that is relevant to the issue-in-question.
