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 Ŝćepanović, Danijela Gačević -- 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 / Stefán 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 Beslać -- 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 Beslać -- PART VI. CONCLUSION: Accession Protocols as building blocks / Chiedu Osakwe, Uri Dadush.