Question

Why do you think that the GATT rounds and,

more recently, WTO negotiations have become longer and more difficult to resolve?

Short answer

This is because of the nature of both WTO and GATT.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Definition

GATT was a legal accord reducing barriers to international trade by reducing quotas, tariffs, subsidies. It intends to boost economic recovery.

WTO negotiations is a forum for various governments to arrange trade agreements and to settle or solve trade disputes.

Step 2. Explanation

First, we talk about GATTs. They are generally prohibiting the practice of quantitative limitation on imports and exports. It is a short-term consensus by the contracting parties.it has no legal enforcement potential. GATT has no reference to solving trade disputes.

On the other hand, WTO is a fixed agreement by contracting parties. With goods, WTO also includes services and solving trade disputes.

In both GATT and WTO negotiations have become hard to resolve because of their diminishing marginal returns. So if from the set of given rules if obvious policies have been already executed then it will become very difficult to resolve other remaining disputes.