The provisions on decision-making in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement) have fundamental constitutional significance for the running of the WTO. The decision-making procedures established in Articles IX, X and XII of the WTO Agreement are therefore foundational to any discussion on reform of WTO decision-making and the creation of a more pliable system that is able to respond to the new and emerging challenges in the international trade regime. This article explores the provisions on amendments in Article X of the WTO Agreement and conducts analyses of how resort to the amendments provisions can possibly be used proactively to temper the current impasse-prone state of WTO decision-making. It also discusses the adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in February 2017 and explores the possible lessons on decision-making that can be learnt from this landmark Agreement. The main theme that runs through the discussions in this article is the need to temper the rigid effects of single undertaking and consensus in WTO decision-making with more flexible mechanisms without the need for law reform.

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单一承诺，不同速度：WTO 决策的灵活模型

《建立世界贸易组织马拉喀什协定》（WTO协定）中有关决策的规定，对WTO的运行具有根本的宪法意义。因此，世贸组织协定第 IX、X 和 XII 条规定的决策程序是任何关于 WTO 决策改革和建立一个能够应对新出现的挑战的更灵活的系统的讨论的基础。国际贸易体制。本文探讨了 WTO 协定第十条中关于修正案的规定，并分析了如何主动利用修正案条款来缓和当前 WTO 决策陷入僵局的局面。它还讨论了 2017 年 2 月贸易便利化协定的通过，并探讨了可以从这一具有里程碑意义的协定中吸取的可能的决策经验教训。贯穿本文讨论的主题是需要以更灵活的机制来缓和 WTO 决策中单一承诺和共识的刚性效应，而不需要进行法律改革。