ABSTRACT
As Part III of this book clearly demonstrates, the trade agenda has changed in highly significant ways over the last three decades or so. Moving trade issues 'behind the border' impacts more immediately on the interests and concerns of domestic constituencies, producing a growing sense of disquiet with the pro-trade liberalisation agenda and a demand for greater consultation on the shaping of national trade policies. Consequently, international trade diplomacy is now accompanied by enhanced processes of domestic diplomacy. This chapter reviews the transition from a closed 'club' model of trade policy making to a more open and inclusive 'multistakeholder' model, and notes the issues that the latter present for governments, business and civil society.
