The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not autonomous. It shapes and is shaped. It not only affects countries’ trade and tariff policies but also shapes their laws, regulations, and institutions. In particular, it creates new accountability mechanisms with particular normative frames and opens markets,creating new demand for professional expertise such as legal expertise. TheWTO institutionalizes capitalism and thus provides opportunities directly and indirectly for business lawyers.Yet it does not do so in a uniform manner. Rather,nation states,working with private constituents,negotiate the terms of WTO law and shape its meaning, whether directly through engagement or indirectly through lack of engagement.