3) The effects of the geo-economic turn on the WTO system are unlikely to make it more feasible to push for an agenda focused on "inclusiveness".

2) While past reform efforts focussed largely on effectiveness, concerns about defending the robustness of the Hashtag#WTO are increasing - also in light of budget freezes by the US for 2024 and 2025 and upcoming budget negotiation in July.

Key messages:
1) Prospects for reform remain low, as even in the pre-Trump 2.0 era, major actors (EU, US, China, India) disagreed strongly on how to make the organisation more effective.

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--> Protectionism ≠ end of globalization – but a new phase of economic fragmentation

Thanks for hosting us and to the audience for coming! Conversations will continue @ensured.bsky.social where we research the defence and transformation of multilateralism #WTO.

My two cents on #Trump's #trade policy:
--> Despite all the back and forth: Trump’s trade policy represents a fundamental challenge to the rules-based global trading system

-->No serious effort to renegotiate global trade rules – attempt to unilaterally enforce US “vision” of global economic order