ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows that non-governmental organization (NGO) inputs are mediated by the social structure of global governance, something that is largely neglected by cosmopolitanism. Episteme the background knowledge, ideological and normative beliefs, and shared, intersubjective causal and evaluative assumptions about how the world works structure patterns of empowerment in global governance. The shift of attention away from the Doha Round to the negotiation of mega-regional trade agreements has re-politicized trade in unexpected ways in the European Union (EU), and to a lesser extent in the United States. Directorate-General (DG) trade has undertaken these dramatic transparency measures in an effort to sell Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to critics and to debunk myths propagated by NGOs. Scholars might also conduct comparative research on the transformative potential of state and non-state agents of global trade governance.
