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The World Trade Organization: An Overview

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This report analyzes the World Trade Organization (WTO), tracing its origins from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and detailing its establishment in 1995 as the central body for multilateral trade governance. It explains the WTO's core principles like non-discrimination and transparency, outlining its key functions such as administering trade agreements, serving as a negotiation forum, and operating a dispute settlement system. The text also addresses the classification of members into developed and developing countries, the current challenge posed by the inoperative Appellate Body, and the WTO's relationships with the IMF and World Bank, while also discussing its rules on tariffs and the mechanism for retaliation against unilateral increases.

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