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 The World trade organisation is an organisation that
intends to supervise and liberalise international trade.

0 was officially commenced on january 1, 1995

0 was createa oy uruguay rouncl negotiation (1986-

94).
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WSTORY
The WTO's predecessor, the general agreement
on traiffs and trade( GATI), was estabilsh after
world warll in the wake of other multilateral
institutions dedicated to International economic
corporation.

GAIT was the only multilateral instruement

governing international trade from 1948 until the
WTO was estabilshed on january 1,1995.
There are total 153 member countrries was
counted in the year 2011.

Budget 196 million swiss france in the year 2011.

Currently there are total 629 · staff members are

present in 0.
urro reiter ates the objec tim of.GATT, some
of them are as follow s: -

•:• Promote trade flows by encouraging nations

to adopt nondiscriminatory and P.redictable
.trade P.Olicies.

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Acting as a forum for multilateral trade
negotiations.

Seeking to.f e$cilv.e.tdae·di~putes.

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Maintaining traa e · atea.BataBase~

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Cooperating with other international
institutions involved in global economic policy
making.

Acting as a management consultant for world

trade.

Technical assist: nce and traini~g for

developing countries.
 The agreement relating to
agriculture is made up of several elements ,
which seek to reform trade in agriculture .

.. ~-.,;;;. The
agreement on the application of Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Measures concerns the
application of food safety and animal and
plan.t health regulation.
 The objective of this
agreement is to secure the integration of the textile
and clothing sector.

The O agreements of trade related

aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs)
recognises that widely varying standards in the
protection and enforcement of intellectual property
rights and the lack of multilateral disciplines dealing
with international trade in counterfeit goods.

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 Trade related lnvestement
Measures (TRIMs) are those restrictions a
nation places on foreign investment that
adversely affect trade in goods and services

The Dispute
Settlement Understanding(DSU) is the legal
text that spells out the rules and procedures for
disputes between member countries.
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