Trade Goals: Rules and referees (S5 – Ep7)

Without rules and referees there would be no game. Each football match is policed by a referee who has full authority to enforce the law of the game. In multilateral trade, we have plenty of rules but no all-powerful referee to supervise them. The ultimate control on trade disputes remains with the WTO members themselves. In this episode of the Trade Goals podcast, Michael Roberts and Antonia Carzaniga look at how football and trade disputes arise and how they are resolved.

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Trade can often feel impersonal but trust us – it is very personal. Trade is about people. It is about the connections it creates, the challenges it can bring, and also about the opportunities it unleashes. Let's Talk Trade brings these stories to the forefront. Every season we will dive into a different subject, and get people talking about how trade matters to them, and what the World Trade Organization has got to do with it. So stay tuned, and Let's Talk Trade! Brought to you by the World Trade Organization.