World Trade Organization

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2

1.2.2 WTO ROUNDS 5

1.3 BRIEF HISTORY OF WTO 8

1.4 CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP AND THE MEMBERS TODAY 10

1.5 THE WTO STRUCTURE 12

1.6.0 MEMBER COUNTRIES 15

1.6.1 OBSERVER COUNTRIES AND OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS 18

2.0 OBJECTIVES OF WTO   2.1 The case for open trade 19

8.0 CHALLENGES/FAILURES OF WTO 23

DISPUTE BETWEEN LDC AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 25

DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA 26

HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES 44

THE REAL PICTURE 53

REASONS WHY LDC’S SHOULD NOT JOIN THE WTO 60

HOW WTO CAN HELP LDCs 63

WTO ON SUBSIDIES TO LDC’S 65

AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPING NATIONS 69

WHAT ALTERNATIVE FOR LDC, s. 73

SAMPLE WTO TALKS 76

AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) 78

ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (EPAs) 80

Objectives 81

Principles 81

EPAs and the future of special and differential treatment for LDCs 83

HIV/AIDS 85

The limitations of TRIPS 85

RECOMMENDATION 87

CONCLUSION 91

REFERENCES 92

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The World Trade Organization is the international organization whose Primary purpose is to open trade for the benefit of all. It is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.   According to wikipidia.org, it is an international organization designed by its founders to supervise and liberalize international trade

World Trade Organization (WTO) provides a forum for continuous negotiations among its member countries for the further liberalization of trade in goods and services and for discussion on other trade related issues that may be selected for the development of rules and discipline. In addition, it carries out periodic reviews of the trade policies of individual member countries. It is also
responsible for settling trade disputes among its member countries on the basis of its legal instrument.

The WTO came into existence on 1st Jan 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiation. It has a common dispute... [continues]

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