It's difficult to keep those local industries going when international competition can undercut them and WTO membership hampers your ability to compensate for t

It's difficult to keep those local industries going when international competition can undercut them and WTO membership hampers your ability to compensate for this. Joining the WTO (and several other lesser-known organizations) is simply giving away part of your sovereignty and ability to react to domestic needs in favor of access to cheap goods and services.