The making of international trade policy : NGOs agenda setting and the WTO This book investigates the contributions of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to policymaking at the WTO challenging the idea that NGOs can be narrowly understood as potential ‘democratic antidotes’ to the imperfections of Inter Governmental Organizations (IGOs). The book highlights the significance of interactions between states NGOs and IGOs in order to understand their contributions to international trade governance. Based on case studies in the areas of labour standards intellectual property and investment rules the author finds that NGO activities serve an agenda setting function: they publicize neglected trade related issues persuade others to support their positions enhance the resources of less developed member states and highlight normative rationales for policy change. In evaluating NGO campaign tactics and emphasizing relations between NGOs and WTO member states this book advances understandings of the parameters of NGO agency in global governance.