Abstract: Mark Carney’s warning of “a rupture in the world order” captures the shifting foundations of the multilateral trading system ahead of the WTO’s Fourteenth Ministerial Conference (MC14). Once the anchor of a rules-based trade regime, the WTO is now grappling with both internal and external pressures.

Abstract: The Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) identifies the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in its preamble. The WTO agreements have addressed environmental concerns primarily through exceptions.