The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization, which sets the rules for the global tradingsystem and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its approximately 30 agreements.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) - The WTO develops ground-rules for international commerce, mediates trade disputes.
Meta Description: [ The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
At its heart are the WTO agreements, the legal ground-rules for international commerce and for trade policy. ]
Model WTO - Simulation of trade negotiations within the WTO ruleset by students from all over the world. Includes schedule and how to participate.
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WTO Agreements - Download the agreements establishing the World Trade Organization, the Final Act of the 1986-1994 Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, GATS. Includes the 1947 and 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Meta Description: [ Most of the WTOs agreements were the outcome of the
1986-94 Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. Some,
including GATT 1994, were revisions of texts that
previously existed under GATT as multilateral or
plurilateral agreements. Some, such as GATS, were new.
... ]
WTO Document Dissemination Facility - Current and archived documents related to policies, agreements and other topics from the World Trade Organization.
WTO Services Database - Contains the schedules of commitments and lists of Article II (MFN) exemptions of WTO Members.
WTOTERM - Provides source and target language definitions of terms used by the World Trade Organization. [English, French]
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