General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Lamy (Director-General) Functions: • Administering WTO trade agreements • Forum for trade negotiations • Handling trade disputes • Monitoring national trade policies • Technical assistance and training for developing countries • Cooperation with other international organizations   16 different multilateral agreements The Structure: The WTO is a Common Law–based system, which is typically an Anglo-Saxon system. This means that they are referring to previous encountered and solved cases.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY: * Since the end of World War II, U.S. policy has generally supported the liberalization of international trade. * The United States has pursued the objective of trade liberalization primarily by joining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and later the World Trade Organization (WTO). * In recent years, however, the United States and other countries have also begun to negotiate free-trade agreements (FTAs). Like the North American Free Trade Agreement

WORLD TRADE REPORT 2009 Trade Policy Commitments and Contingency Measures WTO MEMBERS (As of 23 July 2008) Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bahrain, Kingdom of Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo

political and economic union of 27 member stats. It was established by the treaty of maastricht in 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. NATO: North atlantic treaty organisation is an alliance of 26 countries from north America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goas of the North atlantic treaty signed on 4 april 1949. In accordance with the treaty, the fundamental rôle of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military

LAHLOU Academic Year: 2006/2007 Dedication To the most precious man all over of the world. The source of love, self-denial, tenderness and spiritual and physical support. My dear husband Mohamed. When there is a will, there is a way. When there is no will, there are excuses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Over the five months that this paper was in the making, I was fortunate to have the support

WTO: Organization & functions The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995. One of the youngest of the international organizations, the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War. So while the WTO is still young, the multilateral trading system that was originally set up under GATT is well over 50 years old. GATT and the WTO have helped to create a strong and prosperous trading system contributing ti unprecedented

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INTRODUCTION 1 Uruguay Round 3 World Trade Organization, WTO 4 World economy from WTO 5 Future of international economic policy in Colombia 6 Rights and obligations in the WTO Colombia Rights 7 Conclusions 9 INTRODUCTION This paper seeks to review the significance is of the signing of the World Trade Organization, WTO, international economic policy in Colombia. For the effect Salient results obtained at the Uruguay Round of the GATT-product of which arose the WTO, "a brief presentation

KRIVONOS Regulation of export and import between EU to Russia Summary Summary 1 1.Figures and agreement 2 A)Figures about trade between EU and Russia 2 B)The partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA): 6 C)The Four Common Spaces: 6 2.How to export to Russia from European Union? 7 A)Customs rights and taxes 7 B)Product certification 7 C)Law regulating export and import between EU and Russia 8 D)Regulation in Russia for import and export of products 10 E)Rules

International trade ( Following Foreign trade : it’s the exchange of capital, goods, and services across borders or territories Foreign exchange : it’s the exchange of money in one currency for another. Customs duties : it’s a kind of indirect tax which is collected by a local agency responsible on goods of international trade. Tariffs : it’s a tax levied on imported or exported goods. Quotas : The share or proportion assigned to each in a division. Tariff barriers : Non tariff barriers