World Trade Organization - Obama Presidency Oral History Back World Trade Organization Index / Organizations Transcripts Esther Brimmer ...fully—we have a separate one to the World Trade Organization and so forth. But at least, I said... Jason Furman ...a huge set of almost riots against the World Trade Organization [WTO], and that was at the time the U... ...against the World Trade Organization [ WTO ], and that was at the time the U... Sam Kass ...to global trade dispute bodies and WTO [World Trade Organization] and wo... ...global trade dispute bodies and WTO [ World Trade Organization ] and won every single one of them... Ron Kirk ...others to court, if you will, in the WTO [World Trade Organization], and we ha... ...to court, if you will, in the WTO [ World Trade Organization ], and we had an extraordinary trac... ...argued for admitting China into the World Trade Organization put me in an unpardonable place. And ... ...of the country, either meetings of the WTO or the Organisation for Economi... ...that China had been welcomed into the World Trade Organization , no country benefited more from tha... ...it said, “We want to be a part of the WTO .” But there was no question they wer... ...the one who is the newest member of the World Trade Organization . Of course, your list is longer.” S... ...the G8 economies or the G20 or the World Trade Organization . We met with and engaged with Chin... ...agreement, still stalled, at the World Trade Organization was, rather than even doing what w... ...all 150-plus members of the World Trade Organization . I believed we should go for the mor... ...Department. And even within the WTO there were those that said, “Oh, you'r... ...was the largest economy not within the World Trade Organization . For newer countries that want t... ...that want to become a part of the World Trade Organization , they petition. Literally, th... ...United States doesn't want us in the World Trade Organization .” We would say, “Of course we do.” An... ...if you do, you can become a part of the World Trade Organization .” We thought it was importan... ...anyone. Absent them being a part of the World Trade Organization , we had nowhere to hold the... ...we played in getting Russia into the World Trade Organization . But we knew that they were going t... Show more... Max Baucus ...once, “Please help us become members of WTO [World Trade Organization].” “Why?” ... ...“Please help us become members of WTO [ World Trade Organization ].” “Why?” I asked. His answer, “So ... ...of China. You helped us get in the WTO .” And that was one of their talkin... Jeffrey Bader ...accession of China and Taiwan into the WTO [World Trade Organization], and I go... ...of China and Taiwan into the WTO [ World Trade Organization ], and I got to see some of the valu... ...and I got to see some of the value of WTO and some of the weakness. I think a... ...limitations and the weaknesses of the WTO . The need to—and I picked the WT... ...the WTO. The need to—and I picked the WTO because at its inception, it looked i... ...confess that having come out of the WTO accession experience, early in th... ...but it rapidly became apparent that the WTO was far from sufficient for dealin... ...for trade, more advanced rules than the WTO did. We talked earlier about th... ...sector were more rigorous than in the WTO . In that sense, Vietnam was kind of ... Show more... Henry Paulson ...to work in today's economy. The World Trade Organization really is inadequate. It was put i... Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ...forums, such as the G20 or the WTO ? Or was it really bilateral? ... ...You have to basically also lobby at the WTO level. You have to lobby at variou... ...doing that all the time. I remember in WTO also, I used to get involved from th... Related Topics go to the Public Health Public Health go to the Russia Russia go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the East Wing East Wing