WTO's anti-democratic powers are held to reside mainly in the organisation's new dispute-resolution procedures.

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Instead, Congress chose to multiply the alternative dispute-resolution procedures at the PTO, giving the office more work to do without a guarantee of more money.

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Under the tribunal rules, for example, companies of under 20 staff will be obliged to have formal dispute-resolution procedures in place, something they have so far been spared.

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