Fun WTO intro for class of students studying international relations. Used videos for slides on "criticism". Presentation time: 20minutes

1. WTO: decision-making
and conflicts
Mikey, WTO guru

2. What’s this WTO ??
world travelers
org
DUH!! world trade
organization

3. Turn back the clock
1940s 50s 60s 70-80s 90s
GATT
23 Kennedy
countries
Tokyo Doha
US refuse
ITO WTO
charter
Uruguay
tariffs only
diversifying

4. Turn back the clock
Disco Inferno!
1940s 50s 60s 70-80s 90s
GATT
23 Kennedy
countries
Tokyo Doha
US refuse
ITO WTO
charter
Uruguay
tariffs only
diversifying

5. WTO Headquarters
151 countries
Forum
Administering
Training
Monitoring
Cooperation
Handling
Head: Pascal Lamy (Director-General)

6. Ministerial Conference
zzz....
General Council meeting as General Council meeting as
Dispute Settlement General Council Trade Policy Review
Body Body
Appellate Body
Dispute Settlement panels
Committees on
Council for Council for Council for
Trade and Environment
Trade and Development Trade in Goods Trade-Related Aspects Trade in Services
Subcommittee on Least- of Intellectual
Developed Countries Property Rights
Regional Trade Agreements
Balance of Payments
Committees on Committees on
Restrictions
Market Access Trade in Financial Services
Budget, Finance and
Agriculture Specific Commitments
Administration
Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures Working parties on
Working parties on
Technical Barriers to Trade Domestic Regulation
Accession
Subsidies and Countervailing GATS Rules
Working groups on Measures
Trade, debt and finance Anti-Dumping Practices Plurilaterals
Trade and technology Customs Valuation Trade in Civil Aircraft Committee
transfer Rules of Origin Government Procurement Committee
(Inactive: Import Licensing
(Relationship between Trade-Related Investment
Trade and Investment Measures
(Interaction between Safeguards Doha Development Agenda:
Trade and Competition TNC and its bodies
Policy Working party on
State-Trading Enterprises
(Transparency in Trade Negotiations
Government Procurement)
Committee
Special Sessions of
Services Council / TRIPS Council / Dispute Settlement
Body / Agriculture Committee and Cotton Sub-
Committee / Trade and Development Committee /
Trade and Environment Committee
Plurilateral
Information Technology Agreement Negotiating groups on
Committee Market Access / Rules / Trade Facilitation

7. Liberalize trade

8. Success
stories
Expanded trade: 14 times
Exports 1950s: 8% world production
today: 26%
liberalized trade providing more annual growth

9. Criticisms
Riots in major
cities
100s of 1000s
protesting
Chaos

10. Criticisms
Riots in major
cities
100s of 1000s
protesting
Chaos

11. Criticisms

12. Criticisms

13. Doha Dev Agenda
globalization
Discrimination
Squeezing restricting policy space for
DCs domestic interventions
Anti-dumping / Protection
Transparency / Putting up the curtain

14. Case Studies
• Agriculture - Ghana
Tomato
• Indian Patents -
medicines
• Guatemala baby formula

15. Pacts
Equal?
Big blocks EU, NAFTA
Interests groups: C-4, Cairns Group
Outsourcing Pact - India
Bilateral agreements - Saudi w/7 nations

16. Recap Fears
Developed World Underdeveloped World
Outsourcing Unfair playground
National security Exploitation
Inability to develop

17. conclusion
quot;As we say in trade negotiations, whenever an
agreement manages to draw criticism from all countries,
it means that it is a good agreement.quot;
-Pascal Lamy