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  2. World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The economists Harry Dexter White (left) and John Maynard Keynes (right) at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire [27]. The WTO precursor, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established by a multilateral treaty of 23 countries in 1947 after the end of World War II, in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation—such ...

  3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - Wikipedia

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    One of the most significant changes was the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 76 existing GATT members and the European Communities became the founding members of the WTO on 1 January 1995. The other 51 GATT members rejoined the WTO in the following two years (the last being Congo in 1997). Since the founding of the WTO, 33 ...

  4. List of countries by tariff rate - Wikipedia

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    The level of customs duties is a direct indicator of the openness of an economy to world trade. However, there may also be import barriers that are not based on the levy of duties. The following table shows the tariff rate, in percentages, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) , [ 1 ] World Trade Organization ...

  5. Labour standards in the World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    Within the Agreement Establishing the WTO, Article III 'Functions of the WTO' Par. 5 of reads: "With a view to achieving greater coherence in global economic policy-making, the WTO shall cooperate, as appropriate, with the International Monetary Fund and with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its affiliated agencies."

  6. Cross-national cooperation and agreements - Wikipedia

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    The WTO is one of the most effective trade agreements among nations. The WTO replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1995 and has 125 member nations.currently 164 member are part of WTO. Many believe GATT initiated rampant liberalization in trade in 1947 and its move contributed to the expansion of trade all over the world ...

  7. Sustainability policies complicate the WTO’s work–and make it ...

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    Indeed, one of the biggest stories at COP28 was the presence of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dynamic Director General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who believes that a reinvigorated trade ...

  8. Other CIS countries, having joined the WTO, have already opened their market of services to its members very significantly." he said. Not all CIS participants are members of the World Trade Organization and members of the Eurasian Economic Union. Until now, there has not been a common document that would regulate trade in services among countries.

  9. Aid for Trade - Wikipedia

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    Aid for Trade is an initiative by the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as a policy concept in international economic and trade development, concerned with helping developing countries and particularly the least developed countries build trade capacity and infrastructure. [1] [2] [3]