World Trade Organization (WTO)

What is the WTO?

"The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business."

Documents

Members & Observers

Accessions

GATT Signatories

Ministerial Confrences	General Council		Doha
Committees on...	Parties on...		Groups on...
Council for Trade in Goods	TRIPS		Council for Trade in Services
Plurilateral agreement on...		Secretariat

Organization Chart

Ministerial Conferences

General Council

Dispute Settlement Body

Appellate Body  The Dispute Settlement Body

Trade Policy Review Body Trade Negotiations Committee

Doha Development Agenda: Negotiations, implementation and development

Trade Negotiations Committee

Committees on...

Trade and environment Trade and development

Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

Regional trade agreements Balance of payments Budget, Finance and Administration

Working Parties on...

Accessions

Working Groups on...

Trade, Debt and Finance Trade and Transfer of Technology *Inactive- Relationship between trade and investment  Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy Transparency in Government Procurement

Council for Trade in Goods

Committees on... Market access Agriculture Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Technical barriers to trade Subsidies and countervailing measures Anti-dumping Customs Valuation Rules of origin Import licensing Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) Safeguard measures Working Parties on... State trading enterprises Plurilateral Information Technology Agreement

Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Council for Trade in Services

Committees on... Trade in Financle Services Specific Commitments Working Parties on... Domestic Regulation GATS Rules

Plurilateral agreement on...

Trade in civil aircraft Government Procurement (GPA)

The Secretariat

Director-General

Office of the Director-General Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division DDA Special Duties Division Human Resources Division Information and Media Relations Division

4 Deputy Director-Generals

Accessions Division Economic Research and Statistics Division Legal Affairs Division Rules Division Development Division External Relations Division Technical Cooperation Audit Trade and Finance and Trade Facilitation Division Training and Technical Cooperation Institute Agriculture and Commodities Division Trade and Environment Division Trade in Services Division Administration and General Services Division Market Access Division Informatics Division Intellectual Property Division Language Services and Documentation Division Trade Policies Review Division