Foreword / Roberto Azevêdo
PART I. WTO ACCESSIONS, THE TRADING SYSTEM AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: A reflection on accessions as the WTO turns twenty / Uri Dadush, Chiedu Osakwe
Developments in the global economy and trading system effects : the transformation of world trade / Uri Dadush
The WTO and the global economy : contemporary challenges and possible responses / Bernard M. Hoekman
The structural reform implications of WTO accession / Mona Haddad, Claire H. Hollweg, Alberto Portugal-Perez
The macroeconomic implications of WTO accession / Alexei Kireyev
The future of Asia : unleashing the power of trade and governance / Emil P. Bolongaita, Maika Oshikawa
Eurasian Economic Union integration : timetable, priorities and challenges / Andrey Slepnev
WTO accessions : what does the academic literature say? / Alexei Kireyev, Mustapha Sekkate
PART II. OVERVIEW : SYSTEMIC OUTCOMES FROM ACCESSIONS: Contributions and lessons from WTO accessions : the present and future of the rules-based multilateral trading system / Chiedu Osakwe
WTO rule-making : WTO Accession Protocols and jurisprudence / Valerie Hughes
The evolution of the GATT/WTO Accession Protocol : legal tightening and domestic ratification / Petra Beslac, Chiedu Osakwe

PART III. MEMBERS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: WTO accessions from a member's perspective : safeguarding the rules-based system / Mark Linscott, Cecilia Klein
WTO accessions : a market access perspective on growth
the approach of the European Union / Carlos Gimeno Verdejo
WTO accessions : a rules perspective on growth
the approach of the European Union / Ruta Zarnauskaite
WTO accession negotiations : trends and results in agriculture plurilaterals / Julie-Ann Guivarra
The 2001 WTO accession of China : negotiating experience
challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Xiankun Lu
The 2001 WTO accession of the Separate Customs Territory Of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen And Matsu : negotiating experience
challenges, opportunities and approaches post- accession / Thomas Pen-Chung Tung
The 2004 WTO accession of Cambodia : negotiating priorities and experience
growth and integration eleven years later / Cham Prasidh
The 2008 WTO accession of Ukraine : negotiating experience
challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Valeriy Pyatnitskiy, Svitlana Zaitseva
The year 2012 : WTO accession of Montenegro
why did we apply to join? priorities and results / Goran Scepanovic, Danijela Gacevic
The 2012 WTO accession of Russia : negotiating experience
challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Maxim Medvedkov, Dmitry Lyakishev
The 2013 WTO accession of Lao PDR : specific commitments and the integration of least-developed countries into the global economy / Khemmani Pholsena, Buavanh Vilavong
The 2013 WTO accession of Tajikistan : experience of a landlocked economy in a changing regional economic configuration / Saidrahmon Nazriev
The 2014 WTO accession of Yemen : accession negotiations as an instrument for domestic reform, national security and international cooperation / Saadaldeen Ali Bin Talib.

PART IV. WORKING PARTY CHAIRPERSONS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: Facilitating accessions : the role of the working party chairperson / Clyde Kull
A podium perspective : experiences and challenges of chairing a working party / Stefan H. Jóhannesson
Are there different rules for least-developed countries in a rule-based system? / Steffen Smidt
Managing the challenge of acceding post-conflict states / Joakim Reiter
PART V. SALIENT FEATURES IN WTO ACCESSION PROTOCOLS: Market access goods negotiations : salience, results and meaning / Jürgen Richtering, Eric Ng Shing, Mustapha, Sekkate, Dayong Yu
Services market opening : salience, results and meaning / Antonia Carzaniga, Aik Hoe Lim, Juneyoung Lee
WTO accession and the private sector : the nexus of rules and market opportunities / Rajesh Aggarwal, Charlotta Falenius
WTO accession and accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement : what is the relationship? : why should WTO acceding governments also consider GPA accession? / Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller
Energy-related rules in Accession Protocols : where are they? / Juneyoung Lee, Amara Okenwa, George Tebagana, Prajwal Baral
Domestic framework for making and enforcing policies / Josefita Pardo De León, Rafat Al-Akhali
Export duty commitments : the treaty dialogue and the pattern of commitments / Chiedu Osakwe, Dayong Yu, Petra Beslac
Disciplining state trading practices : lessons from WTO accession negotiations / Dimitar Bratanov
Intellectual property rights protection : the plus/minus debate from a least-developed country perspective
sense and nonsense / Alexandra Bhattacharya, Joan Laker Apecu
The future of multilateral investment rules in the WTO : contributions from WTO accession outcomes / Chiedu Osakwe, Juneyoung Lee
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures : trends in accession plurilateral negotiations / Chiedu Osakwe, Anna Varyanik
Strengthening transparency in the multilateral trading system : the contribution of the WTO accession process / Petra Beslac
PART VI. CONCLUSION: Accession Protocols as building blocks / Chiedu Osakwe, Uri Dadush
Annex. Contributor biographies.