The document provides information about the World Trade Organization (WTO), including its establishment in 1995, budget, membership, and key agreements. It lists the principal trading principles of non-discrimination, reciprocity, binding commitments, transparency, and safety valves. It also notes several ministerial conferences between 1996 and 2005 in Singapore, Geneva, Seattle, Doha, and Hong Kong. Finally, it outlines some argued advantages such as freer trade and economic growth, as well as perceived disadvantages like policy dictation and job losses.
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It is All about brief history and functions of international agencies and treaties (WTO, EU, SAFTA, NAFTA, CAFTA, AfCTA,ASEAN, APEC, MERCOSUR and Andean Community)
The TPP has been described as an excellent model for future trade deals, just as it has been decried for the opacity of its processes and negotiations, and described as a risk for non-signatory develo¬ping economies. Join us for a candid look at the TPP and its potential impact across APAC and globally. Will the TPP find a way forward?
Presented by Mia Mikic, Chief, Trade Policy and Analysis, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
It is All about brief history and functions of international agencies and treaties (WTO, EU, SAFTA, NAFTA, CAFTA, AfCTA,ASEAN, APEC, MERCOSUR and Andean Community)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.
At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and approved in their parliaments.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.
At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and approved in their parliaments.
World Trade Organization - functions, principles and trade agreements
Case Studies include USA vs Mexico (Tuna), USA vs ASIA (Shrimp) and USA vs EU (Poultry)
Overview of the Multilateral Trade NegotiationsDavid Laborde
Presentation given in Vienna, on April 6th 2010 during a World Bank Institute workshop for MENA experts.
It provides an overview of the WTO/GATT negotiations and presents quantitative estimates.
Papers quoted in this presentation can be downloaded from http://www.ifpri.org/book-6308/ourwork/researcharea/doha-round
Mercosur, Mercosul, or Ñemby Ñemuha, officially Southern Common Market, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
World Trade Organization (WTO) is the multilateral trading system created with the purpose of supervising and liberalizing international trade.
WTO regulation of trade between member countries.
It is also responsible for enforcing trade laws, agreements and resolving disputes
Introduction
Profile of WTO
Objectives of WTO
History
Formation of WTO
Structure of WTO
Ministerial of WTO
How to Join the WTO
Dark Side of the WTO
Difference between GATT and WTO
4. •Agreement on Agriculture (AoA)
•General Agreement on Trade in Services
(GATS)
•Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights Agreement(TRIPs)
•Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS)
Agreement
•Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
(TBT)
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6. Established: 1st January 1995.
Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (198694).
Budget: 185 million Swiss francs for 2008.
Secretariat staff: 625.
Head: Pascal Lamy (Director-General).
Membership: Countries on map. 153 countries (on
23 July 2008).
New member: Ukraine
7. Albania · Angola · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bolivia · Bots
Albania · Angola · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Australia ·
Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bolivia · Botswana · Brazil ·
Brunei · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada ·
Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Chile · PR China · Colombia ·
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Costa Rica ·
Côte d'Ivoire · Croatia · Cuba · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic ·
Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · European Union¹ · Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) · Fiji · Gabon · The Gambia · Georgia ·
Ghana · Grenada · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti ·
Honduras · Hong Kong² · Iceland · India · Indonesia · Israel · Jamaica · Japan ·
Jordan · Kenya · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Lesotho · Liechtenstein ·
Macau² · Madagascar · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Mali · Mauritania ·
Mauritius · Mexico · Moldova · Mongolia · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia ·
Nepal · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Niger · Nigeria · Norway · Oman · Pakistan ·
Panama · Papua New Guinea · Paraguay · Peru · Philippines · Qatar · Rwanda ·
St. Kitts and Nevis · St. Lucia · St. Vincent and the Grenadines · Saudi Arabia ·
Senegal · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Sri Lanka ·
Suriname · Swaziland · Switzerland · Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu³ · Tanzania · Thailand · Togo · Tonga ·
Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Turkey · Uganda · Ukraine ·
United Arab Emirates · United States · Uruguay · Venezuela · Vietnam ·
Zambia · Zimbabwe
12. WTO CONFERENCES
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
1996
Singapore
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
1998
Geneva in Switzerland.
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
1999
Seattle, Washington
13. WTO CONFERENCES
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
2001
Doha, Qatar
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
2003
Cancún, Mexico
•WTO Ministerial Conference of
2005.
Hong Kong
14. Advantages of WTO.
•Freer trade cuts the cost of living
•It gives consumers more choice, & a broader range of
qualities to choose from.
•Trade raises incomes.
•Trade stimulates economic growth, & that can be good
news for employment
•The basic principles make the system economically more
efficient, & they cut costs.
•The system allows disputes to be handled
constructively.
•A system based on rules rather than power makes life
easier for all.
15. Disadvatage of WTO
•The WTO dictates policy
•The WTO is for free trade at any cost
•The WTO destroys jobs, worsens poverty
•Small countries are powerless in the WTO
•Weaker countries are forced to join the WTO
•The WTO is the tool of powerful lobbies
•Non-tariff barriers
•Competition