The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization, which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its approximately 30 agreements.
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Cato Institute - CTPS: The World Trade Organization (WTO) - Collection of studies, articles, books, events, speeches and testimony about the WTO from the USA think tank.
Common Courage Press - Globalize This! - Book edited by Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach, 2000, offers the viewpoints of various activists, educators and organizers on the WTO.
EUROPA - External Trade: The EU and the WTO - News and information includes EU submissions, legislation, reports, texts and official statements. Sections on harnessing globalisation, sectoral issues, bilateral trade relations and respecting the rules.
Global Issues - The WTO and Free Trade - News and information about the World Trade Organization and its impact on poor and developing countries.
Meta Description: [ This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at the World Trade Organization and its impact on the poor and developing countries. ]
IATP - Trade Observatory - An information center on the WTO and trade, intended to provide a clearinghouse and reference source for information about world trade and citizen activism. Provided by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
International Forum on Globalization - The World Trade Organization (WTO) - Publications and links from an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization.
Peter Costantini - What's Wrong with the WTO? - Explains how WTO principles subordinate other social and environmental values, including democracy, to maximizing trade. With alternative proposals for fairer trade rules.
Meta Description: [ What's wrong with the WTO? Submerged within the mind-numbing verbiage of the World Trade Organization treaties and their interpretations are a handful of principles that subordinate all other values--environmental sustainability, consumer and worker safety, public health, freedom of labor and hum... ]
Public Citizen - Global Trade Watch: World Trade Organization (WTO) - Collection of fact sheets, articles, background information, press releases, publications, reports, testimony and web resources.
The Law of Subsidies under the GATT/WTO system - Book by Marc Benitah, Professor of International Law, University of Quebec, Canada.
The Structure of WTO - Econ355 outline of the structure and function of the WTO as presented by Professor E. Kwan Choi, Department of Economics, Iowa State University.
Third World Traveler - World Trade Organization (WTO) - Articles offering an alternative view to the corporate media on the impact of the policies of the United States' democratic government.
Trade Policy Monitor - From Seattle to Doha: In Search of a New Round - Collection of articles about the WTO and the international trading system.
Meta Description: [ Negotiating draft texts, communiques, statements, reports, and decisions from the Third WTO Ministerial in Seattle to the Fourth WTO Ministerial in Doha. ]
USInfo - Trade and Economics: USA and the WTO - Provides news and information including agriculture, industrial tariffs, services, development, trade disputes, key documents, related issues, products and resources.
Meta Description: [ The World Trade Organization (WTO) facilitates international trade. Its member countries negotiate and sign agreements formed in the WTO forum. The WTO administers the agreements, handles trade disputes, monitors national trade policies, provides technical assistance and training for developing c... ]
Wikipedia - World Trade Organization - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article includes its origin, membership and a timeline.
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WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference - Website of the Host Government - Official site of the Hong Kong government includes general news and information about the December conference along with special information for participants, NGOs and the media. [English, Chinese, French, Spanish]
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