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History
Accession and membership
Criticism
Principles of the trading system
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- Headquarters
- Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland
- Abbreviation
- WTO
- Budget
- CHF 204,928,900 (2024)
- Director-General
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (since 2021)
- Formation
- 1 January 1995; 31 years ago (1995-01-01)
- Members
- 166 members (162 UN member states, the European Union, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan)
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Overview
- Intergovernmental organization International organization
- International trade
- Marrakesh Agreement
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GDP Gross domestic product
- Geneva
- Intellectual property
- Most-favoured-nation Most favoured nation
- National treatment
- Ministerial Conference
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Nigeria
- USD United States dollar
- Free trade
- Developing countries Developing country
- Doha Development Round
- Appellate Body
History
- After the end of World War II Aftermath of World War II
- World Bank
- International Monetary Fund
- International Trade Organization
- United States
- De facto
- Tariffs Tariff
- Kennedy Round
- Anti-dumping Dumping (pricing policy)
- Non-tariff barriers Non-tariff barriers to trade
- Plurilateral agreements Plurilateral agreement
- Globalization
- World economy
- Punta del Este
- Uruguay
- Uruguay Round
- Marrakesh
- Morocco
- Trade Related Investment Measures
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Principle relating to tariff "ceiling-binding" (No. 3) World Trade Organization
- Inaugural ministerial conference WTO Ministerial Conference of 1996
- Singapore
- Inaugural ministerial conference WTO Ministerial Conference of 2003
- Cancún
- Mexico
- Developed countries Developed country
- Singapore issues
- Agricultural subsidies
Functions
- Developing Developing countries
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Annual reports Annual report
Principles of the trading system
- Most favored nation
- Free-riding Free rider problem
- Unilateral Unilateralism
- Legal instrument
- Trade Policy Review Mechanism Trade Policy Review Mechanism?action=edit&redlink=1
- Quotas Import quota
- Restrict trade Trade restriction
- Free trade areas Free trade area
- Customs unions Customs union
Organizational structure
- The Dispute Settlement Body Dispute Settlement Body
- David Walker David Walker (diplomat)
- Least-Developed Countries Least developed country
- Regional Trade Agreements Regional Trade Agreement
Decision-making
- Richard Harold Steinberg
- Pareto improvement Pareto efficiency
Dispute settlement
- Donald Trump administration First presidency of Donald Trump
Accession and membership
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Memorandum
- Armenia
- Bound tariff rate
- Ad valorem
- Tariff-rate quotas Tariff-rate quota
- 2008 financial crisis
- Protocol of Accession Protocol of Accession?action=edit&redlink=1
- Taiwan
- Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu Chinese Taipei
- Iran
- Iraq
- Algeria
- Holy See
Agreements
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Market access
- Export subsidies
- Service sector Tertiary sector of industry
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Treaty
- Agreement on Customs Valuation WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation
Office of director-general
Impact
Criticism
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World Trade Organization
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Important terminology
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| World Trade Organization | Abbreviation | WTO | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Budget | CHF 204,928,900 (2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
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| World Trade Organization | Director-General | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (since 2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Formation | 1 January 1995; 31 years ago (1995-01-01) | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Headquarters | Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Members | 166 members (162 UN member states, the European Union, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Official languages | English, French, Spanish | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Purpose | Reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Region served | Worldwide | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Staff | approx. 630 (as of 31 December 2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Type | Intergovernmental organization | 1.00 | infobox |
| World Trade Organization | Website | wto.org | 1.00 | infobox |
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