China’s approach to multilateral climate negotiation has shifted greatly over the past decades. From being an obstacle a follower, and now potential leader, China attracted academic attention. This article surveys literature on role in multilateralism as examined by scholars through different lenses. The asks whether analyses at policymaking levels can explain changing position. I review studie...

Abstract Trade multilateralism would not have featured as a case of ‘abject failure’ had this special issue been planned in 2001. But since then, the World Organization (WTO) has unfortunately become an almost perfect example how to negotiate, even when one takes into account limited successes 12th ministerial conference June 2022. This article proceeds four steps. The first section outlines mu...

The resurgence of continental trading blocs throughout the 1980s will influence the nature and evolution of the world economy in the 1990s and beyond. In this paper, we argue that classical economic analysis of trading blocs is inconclusive, and regionalism cannot be understood in economic terms alone. We focus on an examination of the relationship that exists between trading bloc formation and...

INTRODUCTION Commercial multilateralism is losing spaces in South America to regional and bilateral agreements due to the lack of normative and empirical legitimacy of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This developing process is analyzed in the following article from the conceptual context of parts of the extensive and rich work by Julia Barragán. Her work also contributes with tools for ackn...