Anfang der 2000er Jahre, also wenige Jahre nach Abschluss der Uruguay-Runde der weltweiten Handelsgespräche, stand die WTO am Zenit und weitere Länder – allen voran China –traten der Organisation bei.
The WTO reached its peak in the early 2000s, a few years after the Uruguay Round of global trade negotiations concluded, and a time when more countries – most notably China – were acceding to the organization.