SUSAN BROWN-SHAFII Scientific Coordinator at the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research on Trade Regulation at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. She has worked on trade-related issues in both the public and private sectors.

• Introduction Short History and Objectives of the 1994 WTO Agreement The GPA's International Administrative Disciplines: Distilling the Underlying Political Foundations Addressing the WTO Membership Challenge Towards a More Coherent International Regulatory Picture: Converging Institutional Debates? Pulling It All Together: How Far Might the GPA Procedures Go?