“On 1 January 2008, the multilateral trading system will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This year’s World Trade Report celebrates this landmark anniversary with an in-depth look at the GATT and its successor the World Trade Organization their origins, achievements, the challenges they have faced, and what the future holds. The story is one of remarkable change and adaptation, of a system that has contributed significantly to post-war prosperity, but which has not delivered all it could and which still faces formidable challenges.”