GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER TWENTY YEARS OF REFORM DEBATES: A ZERO-SUM GAME? GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER WTO REFORM: OLD DEBATE NEW REALITIES Moshe KAO November 2019 The challenges faced by multi­lateralism include increased protectionism in the last few years, coupled with rapid changes to the global order – economic, socio-political and technological. The system is also facing unresolved and emerging challenges brought about by increasing inequality among and within nations. This paper provides a historic perspective to the debate on reforming the WTO, while noting that developing coun­tries were the initial propo­nents of the reform agenda. GENEVA 1