World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization
(WTO)
   The WTO is an international multilateral trade system formed in 1995 (during the Uruguay Round negotiations 1986-1994) as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that was first established after World War II. While it began as a forum for negotiating lower customs duties and other trade barriers, it has become the umbrella organization for international trade issues that deal with specific sectors such as agriculture, textiles, and services; or specific problems like state trading, subsidies, actions against dumping, intellectual property, dispute settlement, and trade policy reviews. The services area is a recent addition to the topics covered. In addition, the WTO assists developing countries in trade policy through technical assistance and training programs and interfaces with other international organizations. The WTO is based in Geneva and maintains a membership of 150 countries.

Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. .

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • World Trade Organization — Organisation Mondiale du Commerce Organización Mundial del Comercio      Основатели ВТО (1 Января 1995) …   Википедия

  • World Trade Organization — n. An international organization that regulates trade among nations. abbrv. WTO The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • World Trade Organization — WTO redirects here. For other uses, see WTO (disambiguation). World Trade Organization (English) Organisation mondiale du commerce (French) Organización Mundial del Comercio (Spanish) …   Wikipedia

  • World Trade Organization — ▪ international trade Introduction        international organization established to supervise and liberalize world trade. The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947 in the expectation… …   Universalium

  • World Trade Organization — WTO A multilateral agency that administers world trade agreements, fosters trade relations among nations, and solves trade disputes among member countries. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * World Trade Organization ˌWorld ˈTrade Organiˌzation… …   Financial and business terms

  • World Trade Organization — N PROPER The World Trade Organization is an international organization that encourages and regulates trade between its member states. The abbreviation WTO is also used. ... institutions such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization …   English dictionary

  • World Trade Organization — Dieser Artikel wurde auf der Koordinationsseite des WiwiWiki Projekts gelistet um die Bearbeitung effektiver gestalten zu können. Bitte beteilige dich an der Diskussion. Die Welthandelsorganisation (engl. World Trade Organization, WTO;… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • World Trade Organization — Organisation mondiale du commerce Pour les articles homonymes, voir OMC (homonymie) et WTO. Organisation mondiale du commerce …   Wikipédia en Français

  • World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity — Pepper spray dispersed into the crowd. Other names N30 The Battle in Seattle The Battle of Seattle …   Wikipedia

  • World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2001 — Location of Doha …   Wikipedia

  • World Trade Organization — World Trade Or|ga|ni|za|tion, the the WTO an international organization, established in 1995 and based in Geneva, that deals with the rules of trade between different nations, and encourages them to trade fairly …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”