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General Council: The second level of WTO is General Council. 0000001980 00000 n It sits in Geneva on an average once a month. This change is particu-larly important because the new institutional structure of the WTO pro- It is responsible for deciding the strategic direction of the organization and making all final decisions on the agreements under its jurisdiction. It is the supreme governing body which takes ultimate decisions on all matters. 0000004083 00000 n Membership, alliances and bureaucracy 3.) WTO has about 160 members which accounts for 95% of world trade. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. 0000001337 00000 n Criticisms of the World Trade Organisation. The WTO’s ruling body is the General Council, comprising each member country’s permanent envoys. This chapter sets reform and strengthening of the WTO in the context of the emerging debate over global governance and propos-es reforms in WTO structure and decision-making that respond to several of the organization’s key problems. 1942 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<78028DDC1D65154B9043FA3E2E278047>]/Index[1920 40]/Info 1919 0 R/Length 104/Prev 1493068/Root 1921 0 R/Size 1960/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream 1959 0 obj <>stream There are 25 other negotiating memberships. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. h�bbd``b`> $� ��@�g=��k�+�X"�A� ��@B The organization chart below can also be downloaded in a print-friendly pdf version: in pdf … The Uruguay Round, conducted from 1987 to 1994, culminated in the Marrakesh Agreement, which established the World Trade Organization (WTO). 1. Present Status of the WTO 153 Members – Cape Verde, the most recent member (joined on 23 July 2008) Structure of the World Trade Organisation: The WTO secretariat (numbering 625 of many nationalities) is headed by Director General. General Council: The second level of WTO is General Council. 0000001958 00000 n It meets once in two years. Structure of the World Trade Organisation 2. �js_�R6,��]B\x�I��8�_�����k�u}�g��ZkH[��8R�b��%�f�g��{�ԇ��lc��^w�>P�y�ă�Bn �k|_�>T�q�Ņ�C���7)�⧇ � �.ӕ`֕� ��Z�x:�ű The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations. 0000004012 00000 n endstream endobj startxref It is the largest international … It’s a place where trade disputes are settled. 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