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About World Trade Organization
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The World Trade Organization (WTO), (OMC - French: Organisation mondiale du commerce, Spanish: Organización Mundial del Comercio), is an international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. Full Article
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 4: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy (L) talks with International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) prior to the International Monetary and Financial Comittee (IMFC) me...
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy (L) talks with International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn prior to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 4, 2009.
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French Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, speaks to visitors at the WTO headquarters during an open house in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
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Visitors enter the World Trade Organization headquarters during an open house at the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy reacts during a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi September 4, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy speaks during a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi September 4, 2009.
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World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy, fourth right, Principal Secretary to Indian Prime Minister T.K.A. Nair, third right, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, with other trade representatives at a meeting at the Prime M...
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Indian farmers take part in a protest rally against World Trade Organization (WTO) in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Trade officials from 35 countries are meeting in New Delhi for a WTO informal Ministerial meeting being hosted by India.
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Indian farmers shout slogans at a protest rally against World Trade Organization (WTO) in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Trade officials from 35 countries are meeting in New Delhi for a WTO informal Ministerial meeting being hosted by India.
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Delegates are seated at the start of the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.
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Indian farmers sit at a protest rally against World Trade Organization (WTO) in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Trade officials from 35 countries are meeting in New Delhi for a WTO informal Ministerial meeting being hosted by India.
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Anti-WTO placards and an effigy representing the organisation are held by Indian Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) activists during a protest in New Delhi on September 3, 2009.
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Activists of the Indian Peoples Campaign Against WTO (IPCAWTO) hold a banner during a protest against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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Farmers attend a protest against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy speaks during a business meeting organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy speaks during a business meeting organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy attends a business meeting organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy gestures during a business meeting organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi September 3, 2009.
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Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy addresses the opening session of the 'WTO and Doha Negotiations' meeting in New Delhi on September 3, 2009.
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Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy addresses the opening session of the 'WTO and Doha Negotiations' meeting in New Delhi on September 3, 2009.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy (L) talks with International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn prior to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 4, 2009.
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Jairam Ramesh appears to have been carried away by the bandwagon effect of some nations announcing unilateral cuts. It’s a bad strategy. It is India’s experience in various international negotiations, including the WTO, that unilateral concessions announced before multilateral dialogue become the starti...
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Certain programs have the potential to impact negatively on productive investments in the developing world. It is for this reason that South Africa has supported the proposals made by Argentina and other developing countries that the WTO monitor the impact of such measures on the trade and investment of...
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For reasons unknown to us, some countries, including the United States, are blocking our WTO membership ... Our main priority, however, is integration in the post-Soviet area, so we are very happy about the current process of establishing a customs union among Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.
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For unknown reasons, the U.S. lobby groups are trying to prevent our entry into the WTO
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Accession into the WTO remains our strategic goal, but some nations, including the United States, are impeding Russia's WTO bid
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We have an impression that for some reason some countries, including the United States, are hindering our entry to the WTO.
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Accession to the WTO remains our strategic goal, but we have an impression that for some unknown reasons some countries, including the United States, are hindering our accession to the WTO
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We have the impression that for reasons unclear to us, certain parties, including the United States, are hindering our accession to the WTO
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The biggest losers will be the poorest countries in the world, who aren’t being heard when Brazil, not a developing country from an agricultural point of view, purports to speak for them around the WTO table
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The longer it takes to conclude the negotiations, the longer the WTO's insurance policy to guarantee stability and predictability of market access to governments and traders alike will remain unsubscribed
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The duty will be temporarily good for the Canadian economy but it will definitely impact the warming relations ... I think Canada should turn to other channels, such as the World Trade Organization, for a better result.
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The UK is disappointed that WTO members have not yet been able to take the final steps to agree an outline (Doha) deal
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We in Europe invite all members of the WTO to intensify work in this area
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In this context, I am pleased to inform you that the Kuwait National Committee, in charge of following up the implementation of the WTO agreements, has recently formed a high level technical team to examine all aspects of these reforms
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The question arises whether China needs to further adapt its trade practices and reduce such subsidies to fully comply with its WTO (World Trade Organisation) commitments
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China has taken active steps to open its market and adopted foreign trade and financial policies consistent with WTO rules.
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Climate change is becoming the pretext for pursuing protectionist policies under a green label ... this would be contrary to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and a violation of the WTO as well.
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Britain's bank bail-out may have broken rules, says WTO
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When the world's markets are more open to American goods and services, and trade occurs in a rules-based system, American businesses get to make and sell more products and hire more workers at home. The United States engages with other economies and plays a leadership role at the World Trade Organizatio...
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WTO was an important event that ushered in the 21st century, both the good and the challenges. But nobody needs to wring their hands over the past
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No one had heard of the WTO until then. After that, its profile was huge, even though its image was rat shit ... Doha was successful and it may not have been successful without Seattle. The overconfidence of rich countries and the condescension to poor countries was rebalanced a bit.
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Climate Change is becoming the pretext for pursuing protectionist policies under a green label. This would be contrary to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and a violation of the WTO (World Trade Organisation) as well
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Climate change is becoming the pretext for pursuing protectionist policies under a green label. This would be contrary to the UNFCCC and a violation of the WTO as well. India and other developing countries will strongly resist this.
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We would reject any discussion, or involved in negotiations on climate change in the WTO meeting
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Reddit's been rocking the 'I am an X, ask me anything' bit for a while now, but logging on to find this one was a bit of a shock. Mike Moore, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand & Director-General of the WTO from 1999 to 2002, recorded a youtube video introducing himself to reddit. People are askin...
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