Attempting to explain why the US wanted weak global trade rules from the 1940s to the 1980s, then strict rules, and is now turning back to weak rules.

The fact that the WTO cannot render judgments against countries means that businesses cannot use it to make countries eliminate good laws. However, the WTO has not been eliminated. The TRIPES agreement (Trade-Restricting Impediments to Production, Education and Science) is still in force, with its requirement for unjust patent law and unjust copyright law.