Since the Seattle Millennium Round meetings, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has taken centre stage in debates over global economic governance. Besides the concerns recurrently raised by civil society, new contentions emerged: the blocking of the appointment of the WTO Appellate Body Members, the increase in protectionist trade measures among major trade partners, including the United States and China, and the global supply/value chain (GVC) vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I ...