List of publications relating to the Trade Policy Review Mechanism

André Brotto Reigado, Simon J. Evenett, and Fernando Martin (2023), Towards meaningful transparency at the WTO: Reinforcing the trade policy review mechanism , The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(12), pages 3435-3454, December.

Alan Wolff (2024), Is the World Trade Organization Still Relevant, Policy Brief, (Washington, DC, Peterson Institute for International Economics) (PIIE), pp. 24-15. Available at https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/2024-12/pb24-15.pdf.

Arunabha Ghosh, Developing countries in the WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism, World Trade Review, vol. 9, No. 3, (2010), pp. 419-455. Available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-trade-review/article/abs/developing-countries-in-the-wto-trade-policy-review-mechanism/11BE196C1BB0F9AE5E23ED55FAAE38D9.

Jan Karlas, Michal Parízek (2019), The Process Performance of the WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Peer-Reviewing Reconsidered, Global Policy, vol. 10, No. 3. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.12672.

Mathias Kende (2018), The Trade Policy Review Mechanism: A Critical Analysis, Oxford Academic. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198817611.001.0001.

Petros C. Mavroidis (1992), Surveillance Schemes: The GATT’s New Trade Policy Review Mechanism, Michigan Journal of International Law, No. 374. Available at https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3710.

OECD (2026), OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2026, OECD Publishing, Paris. Available at https://doi.org/10.1787/aa997c6e-en.

Terry Collins-Williams, Robert Wolfe (2010), Transparency as a trade policy tool: the WTO’s cloudy windows, Cambridge University Press, World Trade Review, Volume 9, Issue 4, October 2010, pp. 551–581. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745610000303.

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Consultative meeting on the AfCFTA Trade Policy Review Mechanism. Available at https://au-afcfta.org/2023/05/consultative-meeting-onthe-afcfta-trade-policyreview-mechanism/.

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), The WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Lessons for the AfCFTA Review Process, 16 January 2026. Available at https://saiia.org.za/research/the-wtos-trade-policy-review-mechanism-lessons-for-the-afcfta-review-process/.

Abbot, Roderick (1993), “GATT and the Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Further Reflections on Earlier Reflections”, Journal of World Trade, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp 117-119.

Anderson, Kym (1995), “The GATT's Review of Australian Trade Policy”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Arndt, Sven and Chris Milner (1995), “Editorial Introduction”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Arndt, Sven and Chris Milner (1996), “Editorial Introduction”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996.

Balasubramanyam, V.N. (1995), “India's Trade Policy Review”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Blackhurst, Richard (1988), “Strengthening GATT Surveillance of Trade-related Policies”, in Meinharf Hilf and Ernst-Ulrich Petersman (eds.), The New GATT Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Legal and Economic Aspects, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Deventer (The Netherlands).

Curzon Price, Victoria (1991), “GATT's New Trade Policy Review Mechanism”, The World Economy, Vol.14 No. 2, pp- 227-238.

Curzon Price, Victoria (1992), “New Institutional Developments in GATT”, Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, Vol.1 No.1.

Fane, G. (1996), “Indonesia”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996.

GATT (1989), “Trade Policies Review Division Established”, Focus: GATT Newsletter, no. 62, June.

GATT (1990), “Country Reviews Launched”, Focus: GATT Newsletter, no. 68, February.

Gunning, J. (1996), “Zimbabwe”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996

Holden, Merle (1995), “GATT Trade Policy Review — South Africa: 1993”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Kehoe, Timothy (1995), “A Review of Mexico's Trade Policy from 1982 to 1994”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Krenin, Mordechai (1996), “Israel”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996.

Krueger, Anne (1995), “U.S. Trade Policy and the GATT Review”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Laird, Sam and Gary P. Sampson (1987), “Case for Evaluating Protection in an Economy-wide Perspective”, The World Economy, Vol. 10 No.2, pp. 177-192.

Laird, Sam and Patrick Messerlin (1990), “Institutional Reform for Trade Liberalization”, The World Economy, Vol.13 No.2, pp.230-249.

Mavroidis, Petros (1992), “Surveillance Schemes: The GATT's New Trade Policy Review Mechanism”, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol.13 No. 2, pp. 374-414.

Leutwiler, F. et al. (1985), Trade Policies for a Better Future, GATT, Geneva.

Pelkmans, J. amd A. Carzaniga, “The European Community”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996.

Qureshi, Asif H. (1990), “The New GATT Trade Policy Review Mechanism: An Exercise in Transparency or “Enforcement”?”, Journal of World Trade, June, pp.142-160.

Qureshi, Asif H. (1992), “Some Reflections on the GATT TPRM, in the Light of the Trade Policy Review of the European Communities — A Legal Perspective”, Journal of World Trade, Vol. 26 No.6, December, pp.103-120.

Qureshi, Asif H. (1995), “Some Lessons from ‘Developing’ Countries' Trade Policy Reviews in the GATT Framework: An Enforcement Perspective”, The World Economy, Vol.18 No. 3, pp. 489-503 (May).

Qureshi, Asif (1996), “The Trade Policy Review Mechanism”, Chapter 5 in The World Trade Organization: Implementing International Trade Norms, Manchester University Press.

Robertson, David (1992), “GATT's New Trade Policy Review”, mimeo, Australian National University.

Spriggs, John (1991), “Towards an International Transparency Institution: Australian Style”, The World Economy, Vol.14 No.2, pp. 165-180.

Togan, Subidey (1995), “Trade Policy Review of the Republic of Turkey”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1995.

Wonnacott, R. (1996), “Canada”, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1996.