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Unit 24 : Multilateralism and WTO
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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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