WTO Membership
166 members since 30 August 2024, with dates of WTO membership. Click any member to see key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes.
World Trade Organization - Wikipedia
The WTO is the world's largest international economic organization, with 166 members representing over 98% of global trade and global GDP.
Member states of the World Trade Organization - Wikipedia
The process of becoming a World Trade Organization (WTO) member is unique to each applicant country, and the terms of accession are dependent upon the country's ...
European Communities as well as each of its member States have also individually become WTO Members pursuant to. Article XI or XII of the WTO Agreement. 3 ...
How to become a member of the WTO
Accession to the WTO is essentially a process of negotiation — quite different from the process of accession to other international entities, like the IMF, ...
Benefits of WTO membership - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ...
WTO membership provides ... most favoured nation treatment, which means equal access for all companies of all WTO Members to the markets of all Members of the ...
WTO Membership & Accession - International Trade Law Research ...
The WTO has grown from 123 to 164 members. Membership is not limited to sovereign states, but may be extended to any customs territory with full autonomy.
The WTO has 166 members, accounting for 98% of world trade. All members have joined the system as a result of negotiation and therefore membership means a ...
Any state or customs territory having full autonomy in the conduct of its trade policies may become a member (“accede to”) the WTO, but all WTO members must ...
World Trade Organization (WTO) Members
Who are the members of WTO? WTO members consist of 164 distinct nations. That is in addition to 24 observer governments (countries moving through the process of ...
World Trade Organization - CRS Reports
WTO members are considering various reforms to the institution in attempts to safeguard and improve it. Congress has recognized the WTO as the “ ...
The EU and the WTO - EU Trade - European Union
Both the European Union (EU) and the individual EU countries are members of the WTO. Trade topics. Trade policy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is made of ...
Members and observers of the WTO
WTO: MEMBER INFORMATION: Members and observers of the WTO.
(or, more accurately, “accede to”) the WTO. However, before countries are granted full membership, WTO members must agree on their accession terms. Becoming ...
Canada and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organization helps create rules for trade between its 164 members. Canada is a strong proponent of the multilateral trading ...
WTO Government Procurement Agreement
The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a "plurilateral" agreement, which means that it applies to a number of WTO Members, but not all Members.
The World Trade Organization just met. Here are 5 things to know
Expanding WTO's membership. The WTO welcomed two new members, Comoros and Timor-Leste, bringing its total membership to 166 countries. These ...
What's Next for the WTO? - Council on Foreign Relations
It facilitates trade negotiations among its 164 members, up from 123 in 1994. The organization also monitors the implementation of trade agreements, produces ...
Our work with the WTO | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...
We were also a founding member of its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The World Trade Organization deals with the global rules ...
Ministers approve WTO membership of Comoros and Timor-Leste at ...
26 February 2024. From the WTO: "Ministers formally approved the WTO membership terms of Comoros and Timor-Leste at a special ceremony held ...