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Presentation on World trade organization.
World Trade Organization - WTO
Slide 1 What is the WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization trade with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The aim is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. How was the World Trade Organization WTO established ? The WTO's predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was created after World War II in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation – such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The World Trade Organization has number of ways. First it is an organization for trade opening. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements. It is a place for them to settle trade disputes. It operates a system of trade rules. Essentially, the WTO is a place where member governments try to sort out the trade problems they face with each other. The WTO is run by its member governments. All important decisions are made by the membership as a whole, either by ministers (who usually meet at least once every two years) or by their ambassadors or delegates (who meet regularly in Geneva). How many countries are in the World Trade Organization? 164 countries are currently members of the WTO. The following 24 countries are currently negotiating their WTO membership (by date of application). 31 accessions have been completed since the WTO was established in 1995. Afghanistan becomes 164th member of WTO. Main objective of WTO ? (1) To set and enforce rules for international trade (2) To provide a forum for negotiating and monitoring further trade liberalization, (3) To resolve trade disputes, (4) To increase the transparency of decision making processes, (5) To cooperate with other major international economic. Thanks
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