This document is a slide presentation by group number 12 on the topic of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its impact on Pakistan. The 18 slide presentation covers the objectives of the WTO, import and export guidelines under WTO and Pakistani law, food safety issues in Pakistan, and challenges facing Pakistan's compliance with WTO regulations. It examines how limited compliance with stringent standards has reduced Pakistan's exports and increased imports, leading to decreased industrialization and higher unemployment.

1. GROUP NO. 12
GROUP MEMBERS:
•ZAINAB SAJJAD 18-59
•IQRA BATOOL 18-21
•HIBA NOOR 18-18
18 SLIDES
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4. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES OF WTO
• IMPORT AND EXPORT GUIDELINES OF WTO
• IMPORT AND EXPORT GUIDELINES UNDER FTDR ACT, 1992
• SAFETY STATUS OF SOME PAKISTANI FOODS
• PRESENT REQUIREMENTS
• WTO ISSUES IN PAKISTAN
• IMPACT OF WTO ON PAKISTAN
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5. WHAT IS WTO?
• WTO TENDS TO SUPERVISE AND LIBERIZE INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
• THE ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY COMMENCED ON JANUARY 1, 1995
REPLACING THE GATT (GENERALAGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE).
• WTO IS THE ONLY GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEALING WITH
THE TRADE BETWEEN NATIONS.
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6. OBJECTIVES OF WTO
• RAISING STANDARDS OF LIVING.
• ENSURING FULL EMPLOYMENT.
• EXPANDING PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
• SECURING SHARE IN TRADE OF DEVELOPING AND LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
• REDUCTION OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE RELATION.
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7. IMPORT AND EXPORT
GUIDELINES
• PROTECTION TO DOMESTIC INDUSTRY THROUGH TARIFFS
• BINDING OF TARIFFS
• MOST FAVORED NATION (MFN) TREATMENT.
• NATIONAL TREATMENT RULE.
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9. IMPORT AND EXPORT
GUIDELINES UNDER FTDR ACT,
1992
1. PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTION
THE ACT EMPOWERS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR PROHIBITING
AND REGULATING THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOODS AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.
2. EXIM POLICY
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MAY FORMULATE AND ANNOUNCE IMPORT AND EXPORT
POLICY
3. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
• APPOINTED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
• ADVICE IN THE FORMULATION OF POLICY
• RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THE POLICY
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10. 4. IMPORTER-EXPORTER CODE NUMBER
• IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS MAKING IMPORT AND EXPORT
• IT IS PROVIDED BY TDAP WHICH CAN CANCEL THE CODE BY HAVING A VALID
REASON
5. ISSUE AND CANCELLATION OF LICENCE
6. SEARCH, INSPECTION AND SEIZURE
• IF ANY GOOD WHICH IS IMPORTED IS SUSPECTED THEN ANY PERSON
AUTHORISED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MAY SEARCH, INSPECT AND SEIZE
SUCH GOODS.
7. PENALITY FOR CONTRAVENTION
• FIVE TIMES THE VALUE OF GOODS INVOLVED
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11. SAFETY STATUS OF SOME
PAKISTANI FOODS
• INDISCRIMINATE USE OF PESTICIDES AND CHEMICALS RESULTS RESIDUES IN
FOOD.
• FOOD ADDITIVES ARE CREATING TOXICITY.
• CHEMICALS GENERATED DURING FOOD PROCESSING-PROLONGED HEATING
OF FATS CREATE CARCINOGENS.
• REPEATEDLY DEEP FRIED FOODS ARE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH.
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12. CONTINUE……
• TOXICITY FROM PACKAGING MATERIALS.
• SEWAGE, SLUDGE , UNTREATED INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER POLLUTING
GROUND WATER AND USED FOR VEGETABLE GROWING.
• POULTRY, BEEF AND MUTTON FEED ADDITIVES, HORMONES AND
ANTIBIOTICS.
• CLEAN WATER IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE MASSES.
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13. WTO ISSUES IN PAKISTAN
• MORE STRINGENT FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS IMPOSED IN COUNTRIES LIKE
PAKISTAN.
• FOOD LAWS, STANDARDS, PROCEDURES, TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE,
NUTRITION AND LABELING METHODS ARE DREADFULLY PRIMITIVE AND
INEFFECTIVE.
• PAKISTAN’S FOOD IS MERELY EXPORTED AS A COMMODITY RATHER THAN AS
VALUE ADDED FOODS.
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14. IMPACT OF WTO ON
PAKISTAN
• LIMITED EXPORT DUE TO NON COMPLIANCE OF WTO REGULATIONS.
• INCREASED IMPORTS.
• REDUCED INDUSTRIALIZATION.
• LESS EMPLOYMENT- 10% UNEMPLOYMENT.
• LOSS IN ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY.
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15. CONCLUSION
• IT IS PLACE WHERE MEMBER COUNTRIES COME AND TALK TOGETHER AND
SHARE THEIR GRIEVANCE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS REGARDING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
• THE COUNTRIES MAKE THEIR DECISIONS THROUGH VARIOUS COUNCILS AND
COMMITTEES, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP CONSIST OF ALL WTO MEMBERS.
• THE SYSTEM HELPS PROMOTE PEACE BY HANDLING DISPUTES OF MEMBER
COUNTRIES. IT PROVIDES FREE TRADE WHICH CUTS THE COST OF LIVING AND
PROVIDE MORE CHOICE OF PRODUCTS AND QUALITY AND STIMULATES
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
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16. REFERENCES
• HTTPS://WWW.WTO.ORG/INDEX.HTM
• HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/URL?SA=T&SOURCE=WEB&RCT=J&URL=HTTPS://WWW.INVESTOPEDIA.
COM/TERMS/W/WTO.ASP&VED=2AHUKEWIXKDHB2AZTAHXQTSAKHYZ_CUUQFJASEGQIRRAB&USG=AO
VVAW3PFZCWSLO2DMHBIL3U6RLY&CSHID=1606823565278
• HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/URL?SA=T&SOURCE=WEB&RCT=J&URL=HTTPS://WWW.BRITANNICA.CO
M/TOPIC/WORLD-TRADE-
ORGANIZATION&VED=2AHUKEWIXKDHB2AZTAHXQTSAKHYZ_CUUQFJA4EGQINXAB&USG=AOVVAW2R3
WL8N_1QZKBGAHEE5MDJ&CSHID=1606823565278
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17. •ANY QUESTION ?
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18. •THANK YOU !!!
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