TY - JOUR AU - Gao, Henry AB - Book Reviews 781 the Western Europe starting to build its own the WTO as a ‘‘success’’ in the ordinary democracy hundreds of years ago may be meaning of the word. After all, of the six Minis- vaguely visible there at present. terial Conferences ever held since the establish- 8. In any event, visible between the lines in the ment of the WTO so far, two have turned into book is a heavy heart, constantly asking ‘‘What is sheer failure, one has barely avoided the same to be done?’’ ( p. 363). That probably is the fate of fate, one is nothing but an extended cocktail any thoughtful scholar or thinker, well informed of party and the remaining two produced some the situation on the ground, and not completely results only to have them diluted by later events. shone of all hope, who ponders the hefty issues that Indeed, the Ministerial Conference has acquired Mu ¨ llerson has dealt with. Perhaps, in an imperfect such a bad reputation that now, almost two world, one simply has to press forward one step at years after the last Ministerial Conference was atime. held, no Member has volunteered to host the 9. Personally, TI - The WTO at Ten: The Contribution of the Dispute Settlement System JF - Chinese Journal of International Law DO - 10.1093/chinesejil/jmm035 DA - 2007-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-wto-at-ten-the-contribution-of-the-dispute-settlement-system-Mtsnch2F47 SP - 781 EP - 784 VL - 6 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -