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WTO(WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION)
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MANISH DIWALE 85SHRUTI GODBOLE 86PRASHANT JADHAV 88POONAM KAMBLE 92
Yogendra Patel 106PRASHANT PAWAR 109
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thankKAMLA madam for providing us with
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INDEXSR.NO. TOPIC PAGE NO.
1. WHAT IS WTO?2. FACT SHEET3. HISTORY OF WTO4. OBJECTIVE OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(WTO)
5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF WORLD TRADEORGANIZATION (WTO)
6. FUNCTION OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION(WTO)
7.ADVANTAGES OF WTO
8. DISADVANTAGES OF WTO9. PRINCIPLES OF THE WTO
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10. STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION11. MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WTO12. SWOT ANYLASIS OF WTO13. INDIA AND WTO14. CONCLUSION15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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WHAT IS 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 worlds trading nations and ratified in
their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and
services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
The International trade is based on multilateral trading
system.
It is a system involving trade amongst various countries. it is
therefore, necessary that the rules and regulation of such system
are properly define.
In the year 1947, an attempt was made by 23 countries
in the world to define the basic norms for conduct of international
trade. The trade negotiation amongst these 23 countries in
multilateral treaty called general agreement On Traffic and Trade
(GATT) in the year 1948. The GATT was established to secure theconduct of international trade based on the principles of non-
discrimination, transparency and liberalization.
The GATT 1994 is being implemented with effect
from 1 of January 1995 when the very first agreement regarding
the establishment of world trade organization (WTO) was
established. At present 151 countries are member of World Trade
Organization (WTO).
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FACT SHEET
LOCATION GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
ESTABLISHED 1 JANUARY 1995
CREATED BY URUGUAY ROUNDNEGOTIATIONS (198694)
MEMBERSHIP 153 COUNTRIES (SINCE 23 JULY2008)
BUDGET 194 MILLION SWISS FRANCS FOR2010
SECRETARIAT STAFF 637
HEAD PASCAL LAMY (DIRECTOR-GENERAL)
The history
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On November 30th, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be in Geneva,
Switzerland for the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization. This is
the first of two ustr.gov installments on the history of this organization.
Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) is only 14 years old, its history can be
traced back to a period just after World War II.
In 1947, the world's major trading countries signed the general agreement on tariffs and
trade (GATT) which laid the ground rules for the multilateral trading system. After efforts
to establish an international trade organization failed in 1948, the GATT also served as
a provisional forum for members to address international trade matters. Over the years,
GATT members conducted a series of multilateral negotiations known as "rounds" tolower trade barriers between them.
The first five GATT trade rounds after 1947 focused on lowering tariffs. The Kennedy
round in the 1960s expanded discussions from tariff cuts to more general trade rules,
leading to the negotiation of the GATT anti-dumping agreement. In the 1970s,
participants in the Tokyo round of talks lowered tariffs further and concluded
agreements -- which only some members joined -- on non-tariff trade barriers, such as
technical standards.
The following round, launched in 1986, built upon the progress made in the Tokyo round
and in previous negotiations. Known as the Uruguay round, it was, up to that time, the
largest and most comprehensive trade round. In the Uruguay round, GATT members
agreed to lower tariffs, address non-tariff barriers, and extend trade rules into several
new areas, including trade in services and intellectual property.
At the conclusion of the Uruguay round, representatives from most of the 123
participants signed a declaration in Marrakesh, morocco creating the world trade
organization and bringing the agreements and commitments concluded during the
round under the new organization. On January 1, 1995, the WTO officially replaced the
GATT and the informal forum it provided for more than four decades.
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Today, the WTO is a vital international institution. It has 153 members and, collectively,
they represent 95 percent of world trade.
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OBJECTIVE OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) To ensure the conduct the international trade on non-discrimination
basis.
To raise standard of living and income, ensuring full employment
To expend production and trade
Protecting environment
Ensuring better share for developing countries
LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION(WTO)
Protection through import traffic
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Reduction in traffic and binding against further increase
Conduct of trade according to M.F.N. clauses
Commitment to national treatment rule.
FUNCTION OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
Administering World Trade Organization (WTO) trade agreement
Forum the trade negotiation
Handling trade disputes
Monitoring national trade policy
Technical assistance and training for developing countries
Co-operation with other international organization (like help from World
Bank and IMF).
Raising standards of living;
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Ensuring full employment;
Ensuring large and steadily growing real incomes and demand; and
Expanding the production of and trade in goods and services.
ADVANTAGES OF WTO
World Trade Organization helps member states in various ways and thisenables them to reap benefits such as:
Helps promote peace w ithin nations:Peace is partly an outcome of two of themost fundamental principle of the trading system; helping trade flow smoothly and
providing countries with a constructive and fair outlet for dealing with disputes over
trade issues. Peace creates international confidence and cooperation that the WTO
creates and reinforces.
Disputes are handled constructively:As trade expands in volume, in the numbersof products traded and in the number of countries and company trading, there is a
greater chance that disputes will arise. WTO helps resolve these disputes peacefully
and constructively. If this could be left to the member states, the dispute may lead to
serious conflict, but lot of trade tension is reduced by organizations such as WTO.
Rules make life easier for all: WTO system is based on rules rather than power andthis makes life easier for all trading nations. WTO reduces some inequalities giving
smaller countries more voice, and at the same time freeing the major powers from the
complexity of having to negotiate trade agreements with each of the member states.
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Free trade cuts the cost of living:Protectionism is expensive, it raises prices, WTOlowers trade barriers through negotiation and applies the principle of non-discrimination.
The result is reduced costs of production (because imports used in production are
cheaper) and reduced prices of finished goods and services, and ultimately a lower costof living.
It provides more choice of products and qualities:It gives consumer morechoice and a broader range of qualities to choose from.
Trade raises income:Through WTO trade barriers are lowered and this increasesimports and exports thus earning the country foreign exchange thus raising the
country's income.
Trade stimulates economic growth:With upward trend economic growth, jobs canbe created and this can be enhanced by WTO through careful policy making and
powers of freer trade.
Basic principles make life more efficient:The basic principles make the systemeconomically more efficient and they cut costs. Many benefits of the trading system are
as a result of essential principle at the heart of the WTO system and they make life
simpler for the enterprises directly involved in international trade and for the producers
of goods/services. Such principles include; non-discrimination, transparency, increased
certainty about trading conditions etc. together they make trading simpler, cutting
company costs and increasing confidence in the future and this in turn means more job
opportunities and better goods and services for consumers.
Governments are shielded from lobbying:WTO system shields the governmentfrom narrow interest. Government is better placed to defend themselves against
lobbying from narrow interest groups by focusing on trade-offs that are made in the
interests of everyone in the economy.
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The system encourages good governance:The WTO system encourages goodgovernment. The WTO rules discourage a range of unwise policies and the commitment
made to liberalize a sector of trade becomes difficult to reverse. These rules reduce
opportunities for corruption.
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DISADVANTAGES OF WTO
The WTO Is Fundamentally Undemocratic:The policies of the WTO impact allaspects of society and the planet, but it is not a democratic, transparent institution. The
WTO rules are written by and for corporations with inside access to the negotiations.
For example, the US Trade Representative gets heavy input for negotiations from 17
"Industry Sector Advisory Committees." Citizen input by consumer, environmental,
human rights and labor organizations is consistently ignored. Even simple requests for
information are denied, and the proceedings are held in secret. Who elected this secret
global government?
The WTO Will Not Make Us Safer :The WTO would like you to believe thatcreating a world of "free trade" will promote global understanding and peace. On the
contrary, the domination of international trade by rich countries for the benefit of their
individual interests fuels anger and resentment that make us less safe. To build real
global security, we need international agreements that respect people's rights to
democracy and trade systems that promote global justice.
The WTO Tramples Labor and Human Rights: TO rules put the "rights" ofcorporations to profit over human and labor rights. The WTO encourages a 'race to the
bottom' in wages by pitting workers against each other rather than promoting
internationally recognized labor standards. The WTO has ruled that it is illegal for a
government to ban a product based on the way it is produced, such as with child labor.
It has also ruled that governments cannot take into account "non commercial values"
such as human rights, or the behavior of companies that do business with vicious
dictatorships such as Burma when making purchasing decisions.
The W TO W ould Privatize Essential Services: The WTO is seeking to privatizeessential public services such as education, health care, energy and water. Privatization
means the selling off of public assets - such as radio airwaves or schools - to private
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(usually foreign) corporations, to run for profit rather than the public good. The WTO's
General Agreement on Trade in Services, or GATS, includes a list of about 160
threatened services including elder and child care, sewage, garbage, park maintenance,
telecommunications, construction, banking, insurance, transportation, shipping, postal
services, and tourism. In some countries, privatization is already occurring. Those least
able to pay for vital services - working class communities and communities of color - are
the ones who suffer the most.
The WTO Is Destroying the Environment: The WTO is being used bycorporations to dismantle hard-won local and national environmental protections, which
are attacked as "barriers to trade." The very first WTO panel ruled that a provision of the
US Clean Air Act, requiring both domestic and foreign producers alike to produce
cleaner gasoline, was illegal. The WTO declared illegal a provision of the Endangered
Species Act that requires shrimp sold in the US to be caught with an inexpensive device
allowing endangered sea turtles to escape. The WTO is attempting to deregulate
industries including logging, fishing, water utilities, and energy distribution, which will
lead to further exploitation of these natural resources.
The WTO is Killing People: The WTO's fierce defense of 'Trade RelatedIntellectual Property' rights (TRIPs)patents, copyrights and trademarkscomes at the
expense of health and human lives. The WTO has protected for pharmaceutical
companies' 'right to profit' against governments seeking to protect their people's health
by providing lifesaving medicines in countries in areas like sub-Saharan Africa, where
thousands die every day from HIV/AIDS. Developing countries won an important victory
in 2001 when they affirmed the right to produce generic drugs (or import them if they
lacked production capacity), so that they could provide essential lifesaving medicines to
their populations less expensively. Unfortunately, in September 2003, many new
conditions were agreed to that will make it more difficult for countries to produce those
drugs. Once again, the WTO demonstrates that it favors corporate profit over saving
human lives.
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The W TO is Increasing Inequality: Free trade is not working for the majority of theworld. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment
(1960 to 1998) inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN
Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's populationconsume 86 percent of the world's resources while the poorest 80 percent consume just
14 percent. WTO rules have hastened these trends by opening up countries to foreign
investment and thereby making it easier for production to go where the labor is
cheapest and most easily exploited and environmental costs are low.
The WTO Hurts Poor, Small Countries in Favor of Rich Powerful NationsThe WTO supposedly operates on a consensus basis, with equal decision-making
power for all. In reality, many important decisions get made in a process whereby poor
countries' negotiators are not even invited to closed door meetings -- and then
'agreements' are announced that poor countries didn't even know were being
discussed. Many countries do not even have enough trade personnel to participate in all
the negotiations or to even have a permanent representative at the WTO. This severely
disadvantages poor countries from representing their interests. Likewise, many
countries are too poor to defend themselves from WTO challenges from the rich
countries, and change their laws rather than pay for their own defense.
There are A lternatives to the WTO: Citizen Organizations have developedalternatives to the corporate-dominated system of international economic governance.
Together we can build the political space that nurtures a democratic global economy
that promotes jobs, ensures that every person is guaranteed their human rights to food,
water, education, and health care, promotes freedom and security, and preserves our
shared environment for future generations.
The Tide is turning against Free Trade and the WTO!:International oppositionto the WTO is growing. Massive protests in Seattle of 1999 brought over 50,000 people
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together to oppose the WTOand succeeded in shutting the meeting down. When the
WTO met in 2001, the Trade negotiators were unable meet their goals of expanding the
WTO's reach. In Cancun, Mexico and Hong Kong, China, the WTO met thousands of
activists in protest, scoring a major victory for democracy. Developing countries refused
to give in to the rich countries' agenda of WTO expansion - and caused the talks to
collapse!
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PRINCIPLES OF THE WTO
The WTO establishes a framework for trade policies; it does not define
or specify outcomes. That is, it is concerned with setting the rules of the
trade policy games. Five principles are of particular importance in
understanding both the pre-1994 GATT and the WTO:
Non-Discrimination : It has two major components: themost favored nation(MFN)rule, and thenational treatmentpolicy. Both are embedded in the main WTO rules on
goods, services, and intellectual property, but their precise scope and nature differ
across these areas. The MFN rule requires that a WTO member must apply the same
conditions on all trade with other WTO members, i.e. a WTO member has to grant the
most favorable conditions under which it allows trade in a certain product type to all
other WTO members."Grant someone a special favor and you have to do the same for
all other WTO members." National treatment means that imported goods should be
treated no less favorably than domestically produced goods (at least after the foreign
goods have entered the market) and was introduced to tackle non-tariff barriers to trade
(e.g. technical standards, security standards et al. discriminating against imported
goods).
Reciprocity:It reflects both a desire to limit the scope offree-ridingthat may arisebecause of the MFN rule, and a desire to obtain better access to foreign markets. A
related point is that for a nation to negotiate, it is necessary that the gain from doing so
be greater than the gain available fromunilateralliberalization; reciprocal concessionsintend to ensure that such gains will materialize
Binding and enforceable commitments: The tariff commitments made by WTOmembers in a multilateral trade negotiation and on accession are enumerated in a
schedule (list) of concessions. These schedules establish "ceiling bindings": a country
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can change its bindings, but only after negotiating with its trading partners, which could
mean compensating them for loss of trade. If satisfaction is not obtained, the
complaining country may invoke the WTO dispute settlement procedures.
Transparency : The WTO members are required to publish their trade regulations, tomaintain institutions allowing for the review of administrative decisions affecting trade, to
respond to requests for information by other members, and to notify changes in trade
policies to the WTO. These internal transparency requirements are supplemented and
facilitated by periodic country-specific reports (trade policy reviews) through the Trade
Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM).[The WTO system tries also to improve predictability
and stability, discouraging the use ofquotasand other measures used to set limits on
quantities of imports.
Safety valves:In specific circumstances, governments are able torestrict trade.There are three types of provisions in this direction: articles allowing for the use of trade
measures to attain noneconomic objectives; articles aimed at ensuring "fair
competition"; and provisions permitting intervention in trade for economic reasons.
Exceptions to the MFN principle also allow for preferential treatment ofdeveloped
countries, regionalfree trade areasandcustoms unions.
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STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD TRADEORGANIZATION
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The Ministerial Conference: This is composed of international trade ministers fromall member countries. This is the governing body of the WTO, responsible for setting the
strategic direction of the organization and making all final decisions on agreements
under its wings. The Ministerial Conference meets at least once every two years.Although voting can take place, decisions are generally taken by consensus, a process
that can at times be difficult, particularly in a body composed of 136 very different
members.
The General Council: composed of senior representatives (usually ambassadorlevel) of all members. It is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day business and
management of the WTO, and is based at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. In
practice, this is the key decision-making arm of the WTO for most issues. Several of the
bodies described below report directly to the General Council.
The Trade Policy Review Body : is also composed of all the WTO members, andoversees the Trade Policy Review Mechanism, a product of the Uruguay Round. It
periodically reviews the trade policies and practices of all member states. These
reviews are intended to provide a general indication of how states are implementing
their obligations, and to contribute to improved adherence by the WTO parties to theirobligations.
The D ispute Settlement Body : is also composed of all the WTO members. Itoversees the implementation and effectiveness of the dispute resolution process for all
WTO agreements, and the implementation of the decisions on WTO disputes. Disputes
are heard and ruled on by dispute resolution panels chosen individually for each case,
and the permanent Appellate Body that was established in 1994. Dispute resolution is
mandatory and binding on all members. A final decision of the Appellate Body can only
be reversed by a full consensus of the Dispute Settlement Body.
The Councils on Trade in Goods and Trade in Services: operate under themandate of the General Council and are composed of all members. They provide a
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mechanism to oversee the details of the general and specific agreements on trade in
goods (such as those on textiles and agriculture) and trade in services. There is also a
Council for the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights,
dealing with just that agreement and subject area.
The Secretariat and Director General: of the WTO reside in Geneva, in the oldhome of GATT. The Secretariat now numbers just under 550 people, and undertakes
the administrative functions of running all aspects of the organization. The Secretariat
has no legal decision-making powers but provides vital services, and often advice, to
those who do. The Secretariat is headed by the Director General, who is elected by the
members.
The Committee on Trade and Development and Committeeon Trade andEnvironment are two of the several committees continued or established under the
Marrakech Agreement in 1994. They have specific mandates to focus on these
relationships, which are especially relevant to how the WTO deals with sustainable
development issues. The Committee on Trade and Development was established in
1965. The forerunner to the Committee on Trade and Environment (the Group on
Environmental Measures and International Trade) was established in 1971, but did not
meet until 1992. Both Committees are now active as discussion grounds but do not
actually negotiate trade rules.
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MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WTO
1. THE WTO DICTATES POLICY
TheWTO does NOT tel l governments w hat to do: -The rules of the WTO system are agreements resulting from negotiations among
member governments. The rules are ratified by members parliaments, and
Decisions taken in the WTO are virtually all made by consensus among all members.
In other words, decisions taken in the WTO are negotiated, accountable and
democratic.As for the WTO Secretariat, it simply provides administrative and technical
Support for the WTO and itsmembers. In fact: its the governments whodictate to the
WTO.
2.THE WTO IS FOR FREE TRADE AT ANY COSTThe WTO is NOT for free trade at any cost:-Yes, one of the principles of the WTO system is for countries to lower their trade
barriers and to allow trade to flow more freely. After all, countries benefit from the
increased trade those results from lower trade barriers. But just how low those barriers
should go is something member countries bargain with each other. Their negotiating
positions depend on how ready they feel they are to lower the barriers, and on what
they want to obtain from other members in return. One countrys commitments become
another countrys rights, and viceversa.
3.COMMERCIAL INTEREST TAKE PRIORITY OVER DEVELOPMENTThe WTO is NOT only concerned about commercial interests.This does NOT take priority over development:-Underlying the WTOs trading systemis the fact that freer trade boosts economic
growth and supports development. In that sense, commerce and development are good
for each other. At the same time, whether or not developing countries gain enough from
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the system is a subject of continuing debate in the WTO. But that does not mean to say
the system offers nothing for these countries. Far from it. The agreements include many
Important provisions that specificallytake developing countries interestsinto account
4.AND OVER THE ENVIRONMENTIn the WTO, commercial interests do NOT take priority over environmentalprotection:-The preamble of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
includes among itsobjectives, optimal use of the worldsresources, sustainable
development and environmental protection. This is backed up in concrete terms by
a range of provisions in the WTOsrules. Among the most important are umbrellaclauses (such as Article 20 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) which allow
countries to take actions to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and to observe
Exhaustible natural resources.
5.AND OVER HEALTH & SAFETYThe WTO does NOT d ictate to governments on issues such as food safety,and human health and safety. Again commercial interests do NOToverride:-Key clauses in the agreements (such as GATT Art. 20) specifically allow governments
to take actions to protect human, animal or plant life or health. But these actions are
disciplined, for example to prevent them being used as an excuse for protecting
domestic producersprotectionism in disguise. Some of the agreements deal in
greater detail with product standards, and with health and safety for food and other
products made from animals and plants. The purpose is todefend governments rights
to ensure the safety of their citizens.
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6.THE WTO DESTROYS JOBS, WORSENS, POVERTYThe WTO does NOT destroy jobs or widen the gap between rich and poor:-The relationship between trade and employment is complex. So is the relationship
between trade and equality. Free-flowing and more stable trade boosts economic
growth. It has the potential to create jobs, it can help to reduce poverty, and frequently it
does both. The biggest beneficiary is the country that lowers its own trade barriers. The
Countries exporting to it also gain, but less. In many cases, workers in export sectors
enjoy higher pay and greater job security.
7.SMALL COUNTRIES ARE POWERLESS IN THE WTOSmall countries are not powerless in the wto :-In recent years, developing countries have become considerably more active in WTO
negotiations, submitting an unprecedented number of proposals in the agriculture talks,
and working actively on the ministerial declarations and decisions issued in Doha,
Qatar,in November 2001. They expressed satisfaction with the process leading to the
Doha declarations. All of this bears testimony to their confidence in the system.
8.THE WTO IS THE TOOL OF POWERFUL LOBBIESThe WTO is NOT the tool of powerful lobbies :-This is a natural result of therounds type of negotiation(i.e. negotiations that
encompass a broad range of sectors). The outcome of a trade round has
to be a balance of interests. Governments can find it easier to reject pressure from
particular lobbying groups by arguing that it had to accept the overall package in
the interests of the country as a whole
9.WEAKER COUNTRIES ARE FORCED TO JOIN THE WTOWeaker countries do have a choice, they are NOT forced to join the WTO : -The reasons are positive rather thannegative. They lie in the WTOs keyprinciples,
such as non-discrimination and transparency. By joining the WTO, even a small country
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automatically enjoys the benefits that all WTO members grant to each other. And small
countries have won dispute cases against rich countriesthey would not have been
able to do so outside the WTO.
10. THE WTO UNDEMOCRATICThe WTO is NOT undemocratic:-It would be wrong to suggest that every country has the same bargaining power.
Nevertheless, the consensus rule means every country has a voice, and every country
has to be convinced before it joins a consensus. Quite often reluctant countries are
persuaded by being offered something in return. Consensus also means every country
accepts the decisions. There are no dissenters.
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SWOT ANYLASIS OF WTOSTRENGTHS
HUMAN FACTOR SUITABLE FOR INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY ANDKNOWLEDGE-BASED PRODUCTION
HEALTHY ECONOMY WELL-TRAINED & LOW -COST HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE DEVELOPED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INTERMEDIARIES INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO SME DEVELOPMENT
Weaknesses INSUFFICIENT LIBERALIZATION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INSISTENCE ON FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY
MEMBERS THE FACT THAT RUSSIA, THOUGH IS WILLING TO JOIN THE WTO, IS
UNABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP NO MECHANISM FOR WEIGHTING THE INFLUENCE OF A MEMBER
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OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOPMENT OF LABOUR-INTENSIVE SECTOR AVAILABILITY OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS INDUSTRIALIZATION PROCESSES BASED ON FDI, GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES POSSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH POSITION IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICE
MARKET
THREATS NATIONALISM REGIONALISM IN THE FORM OF TRADE BLOCKS THE WTO HURTS POO R, SMALL COUNTRIES IN FAVOR OF RICH
POWERFUL NATIONS
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INDIA AND WTO
India is one of the founding members of WTO along with
134 other countries. India's participation in an increasingly
rule based system in governance of International trade,
would ultimately lead to better prosperity for the nation.
Various trade disputes of India with other nations have
been settled through WTO. India has also played animportant part in the effective formulation of major trade
policies. By being a member of WTO several countries are
now trading with India, thus giving a boost to production,
employment, standard of living and an opportunity to
maximize the use of the world resources.
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CONCLUSIONAlthough nobody was particularly eager to engage in a long,
nerve-wracking debate in the post. Delegates-dance session,
delegates in the WTO committee still had fight over a good deal of
open questions. It were few, single clauses of the resolution that
caused disagreement between the participants, but this
disagreement was severe. The ego-issue, how the chair called it,
kept the committee occupied for the greater part of the morning,
although the delegates were obviously exhausted. Comments like
shall I elaborate on point number (all:)No!, or We can makeclause seven far more precise. (Chair :) Please, dont. may show
the overall motivation to continue a debate about a topic which has
already reached a majority of supporters anyway. In the end the
resolution passed not with consensus but with a majority, which
worked come to a conclusion.
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