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Unit 24 : Multilateralism and WTO



                                                                                                  Notes
                                        Ministerial Conference

                General Council meeting as                  General Council meeting as
                                         General Council
                Dispute Settlement Body                      Trade Policy Review Body

                     Appellate Body
                  Dispute Settlement Panels

         Committees on                             Council for
         Trade and environment   Council for   Trade-Related Aspects  Council for Trade
         Trade and development  Trade in Goods    of Intellectual    in Services
           sub-committee on least-               Property Rights
           developed countries
         Regional trade agreements  Committees on             Committees on
         Balance of payments    Market access                 Trade in financial services
           restrictions         Agriculture                   specific commitments
         Budget, finance,       Sanitary and
           and administration     phytosanitary measures      Working parties on
                                Technical barriers to trade   Domestic regulation
         Working parties on     Subsidies and                 GATS rules
         Accession                countervailing measures
                                Anti-dumping practices        Plurilaterals
         Working group on       Customs valuation             Trade in Civil Aircraft
         Trade, debt, and finance  Rules of origin            Committee
         Trade and technology transfer  Import licensing      Government procurement
                                Trade-related                 committee
         (Inactive :              investment measures
         (Relationship between  Safeguards
           trade and investment                     Doha Development Agenda :
         (Interaction between   Working party on    TNC and its bodies
           trade and competition  State trading enterprises
           policy
                                                     Trade Negotiations
         (Transparency in
                                                       Committee
           government procurement)
                      Plurilateral                  Special Sessions of
                      Information Technology        Services Council/TRIPS Council/Dispute
                      Agreement Committee           Settlement
                                                     Body/Agriculture Committee and Cotton
                                                     Sub-Committee/Trade and Development
                                                     Committee/Trade and Environment
                                                     Committee
                                                    Negotiating groups on
                                                    Market access/Rules/Trade facilitation

            Key:
                    Reporting to General Council (or a subsidiary)
                    Reporting to Dispute Settlement Body
                    Plurilateral committees inform the General Council or Goods
                    Council of their activities, although
                    these agreements are not signed by all WTO members
                    Trade Negotiations Committee reports to General Council
             The General Council also meets as the Trade Policy Review Body and
             Dispute Settlement Body

                                       Figure 24.1 : WTO Structure





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