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WTO ?What is the WTO? ?WTO China What is the WTO? WTO is short for “The World Trade Organization “ The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between countries. 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. FACT FILE OF WTO Location: Geneva, SwitzerlandEstablished: 1?January?1995Membership: 149?countries(on11?December?2005)Budget: 175?million Swiss francs for?2006Secretariat staff: 635Head: Pascal 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? Purpose Promote economic and trade development, to improve living standards, ensure full employment, protection of real income and effective demand growth; According to the goals of sustainable development and reasonable utilization of the worlds resources, and expanding the production of goods and services; Reach mutually beneficial agreements, substantial reduction and elimination of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of discriminatory treatment in international trade. Three important agreements : the Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); Special copyright, industrial design and trademark agreements (TRIZP); General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) (education are areas of trade in services). Basic principle Non-discriminatory principles -- primarily in the MFN and national treatment, that is, not differentiating, nor are other things outside. The principle of transparency -- is the trade in services requested by Member States must publish the administrative laws, regulations and policy measur