WTO - GLOBAL COMMERCE (FOCUS ON 3D PRINTING)

Even though 3D printing and technology have revolutionized several industries like science, business and engineering for good, 3D printing threatens to revolutionise industry in ways few technologies have before. Global Commerce like 3D printing threatens the jobs of millions as well.Through programming, printers with different materials and capabilities are already reaching science-fiction levels of productivity and capacity, and could have rapid effects on a free trading system by which specialization is key. How would selling the designs of a 3D printed industrial tool affect the free trade of said tools? What would 3D printing do in the medium-skilled industrial sector which is so vital for millions? These are just some questions that delegates in the WTO must look at, as well as an understanding of the modern ways in which global commerce operates, and is likely to change. Are there more pros than cons?