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A brief Introduction to World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international body that facilitates trade negotiations and dispute resolutions among member governments while adhering to a comprehensive system of trade rules. It offers various resources, including trade data, publications, and statistical indicators related to international trade, tariffs, and non-tariff measures. The document also outlines the roles of the WTO in implementing the Doha Development Agenda, monitoring regional trade agreements, and providing support for trade capacity building.
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A brief Introduction to World Trade Organization
- 1. World Trade Organization(WTO) Shawkat Ara Begum
- 2. Brief Description ofWTO • An organization for trade opening. WTO is run by its member governments. All major decisions are made by the membership as a whole, either by ministers (meet at least once every two years) or by their ambassadors or delegates (meet regularly in Geneva). • A forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements, to settle trade disputes. It operates a system of trade rules. ❑ Trade negotiations ❑ Implementation and monitoring ❑ Dispute settlement ❑ Building trade capacity ❑ Outreach
- 3. Trade Topics Trade TopicsTrade Topics Goods Doha Development Agenda Services Building Trade Capacity Intellectual Property Trade Monitoring Regional Trade Agreements More topics Dispute Settlements
- 4. Documents and resources Official Documents OnlineDocs Meeting Docs Latest Docs Depositing Legal Instruments GATT Docs Publications Key Publications By Title By Category Online Bookshop WTO Bookshop Library Statistics WTO Data Portal Merchandise Trade Trade in Services Tariffs NTMs GVCs Other Stat Economic Research World Trade Reports Working Papers Chairs Program Trade Dialogue Lectures Multimedia Audio Video Photos Maps Other Resources Glossary E-learning D-Learning Linguistics i-library
- 5. Trade and tariffdata The WTO provides quantitative information in relation to economic and trade policy issues. Its data-bases and publications provide access to data on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) and trade in value added.
- 6. Tools and Data •A wide range of WTO statisticalindicators on international trade, tariffs, non-tariff measures and other indicators. Bulk download of trade data This facility allows users to access the main trade statisticsdatasets International Trade and Market Access Data interactive tool Tariff Download Facility Simpler, standardized tariff statistics Tariff Analysis Online RTA database: By Country and By Category
- 7. Tools and Data(contd.) PTA database I-TIP database A single entry point for WTO information on trade policy measures covering both tariff and non-tariff measures affecting trade in goods and information on trade in services Environmental Database environment-related notifications submittedby WTO members, environmental measures and policies mentioned in the Trade Policy Reviews of WTO members. TFA Database a variety of statisticalanalyses of the TFA notifications received and on the progress towards full implementation of the TFA. It contains Member profiles pages with an in-depth analysis per country amongstother features. Trade and tariff maps A wide range of statistical indicators are available (e.g. trade per capita, exports, average tariff).
- 8. Evolution of tradeunder the WTO
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- 10. Some Figures onRTAS notified to GATT/WTO and in force Accessions New RTAs Grand total GATT Art. XXIV (FTA) 3 240 243 GATT Art. XXIV (CU) 10 11 21 Enabling Clause 5 45 50 GATS Art. V 7 151 158 Grand total 25 447 472 Enabling clause GATS Art. V GATT Art. XXIV Grand total Customs Union 7 11 18 Customs Union - Accession 2 10 12 Economic Integration Agreement 151 151 Economic Integration Agreement - Accession 7 7 Free Trade Agreement 16 240 256 Free Trade Agreement - Accession 1 3 4 Partial Scope Agreement 22 22 Partial Scope Agreement - Accession 2 2 WTO statistics on RTAs are based on notification requirements rather than on physical number of RTAs. Thus, for an RTA that includes both goods and services, we count two notifications (one for goods and the other services), even though it is physically one RTA. Nevertheless, figures on the physical number of RTAs (counting goods and services together), are provided in the last table below. The following table shows all RTAs in force, sorted by Notification: The following table shows all RTAs in force, sorted by Type of Agreement: Some Figures on Regional Trade Agreements notified to the GATT/WTO and in force
- 11. RTAs by Country-Bangladesh Profile Background Info Available List of Notified RTAs in Force List of RTAs For Which Any Announce Has Been Made Trade Policies APTA BIMSTEC Tariff Policies APTA-Accession China Trade Reviews GSTP Preferential Tariff Analysis PTN SAFTA SAFTA-Accession of Afghanistan SAPTA
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