About the WTO
Air Transport and the GATS
This special compilation describes air transport services from a regulatory and economic point of view with a special focus on market access questions. Each volume contains original material and up-to-date insights written on the basis of close cooperation with industry professionals. In preparation for the second air transport review mandated by the GATS Annex on Air Transport Services the Secretariat has gathered in the present booklet the documentation produced in 2000-1 for the first review.
Twenty Years of the WTO
20 Years of the WTO: A retrospective provides an overview of the first two decades of the arbiter of the multilateral trading system. A selection of compelling images and excerpts guides the reader through the history of the organization. Readers will uncover the origins mission composition functioning and key figures of the organization all the while exploring the challenges it has faced and how it has worked to meet these challenges.
Status of WTO Legal Instruments
This publication covers the treaty instruments drawn up by WTO Members in relation to the Agreement Establishing the WTO and the multilateral and plurilateral trade agreements annexed to this Agreement. It lists the signature dates of WTO agreements and the dates of acceptance or amendments to these agreements. It also provides the date of their entry into force as well as for other communications and declarations received by the WTO Director-General in his capacity as depositary. This publication reflects several WTO accessions and treaty amendments since the previous edition. Following a brief introduction a dedicated section provides a comprehensive summary of the establishment of the WTO and the evolution of its treaty instruments. It also provides information on depositary notifications by the WTO Director-General the relevant volumes of the WTO and UN Treaty Series and treaty registration with the United Nations. Hyperlinks in the PDF allow readers direct access to the relevant WTO and UN documents.
Informe Anual 1999
El Informe anual de la OMC se centra en las actividades ordinarias de la organización y los detalles de su estructura personal y presupuesto actuales.
Informe Anual 2005
El Informe anual de la OMC se centra en las actividades ordinarias de la Organización y en detalles de su actual estructura personal y presupuesto. El Informe anual se publica en el primer semestre de cada año.
Informe Anual 2017
El Informe anual 2017 de la OMC contiene una reseña exhaustiva de las actividades realizadas por la Organización en 2016 y en los primeros meses de 2017
Trade and Tariffs
Over the past 20 years global trade in goods has nearly quadrupled reaching US$ 19 trillion in 2013 compared with US$ 5 trillion in 1996. This represents an annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent on average. Over the same period there has been a 15 per cent reduction in average tariffs applied by WTO members. This brochure produced to mark the WTO’s 20th anniversary looks at the evolution of trade and tariffs over the past 20 years.
Réponses courtes aux grandes questions sur l’OMC et l’environnement
Cette brochure de la Division du commerce et de l’environnement vise à améliorer la compréhension du rôle du commerce et des règles commerciales en ce qui concerne les questions environnementales. Il cherche à répondre dans des termes faciles à comprendre à certaines des questions clés du débat sur le commerce et l’environnement en ce qui concerne le système commercial multilatéral.
Informe Anual 2007
El Informe anual de la OMC se centra en las actividades ordinarias de la organización y los detalles de su estructura personal y presupuesto actuales.
The WTO at Twenty
This new edition provides an introduction to the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture outlining its key principles the work of the Agriculture Committee and how disputes have interpreted WTO law on agriculture. The publication includes the full text of the Agriculture Agreement as well as the decisions taken on agriculture at the 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference. A frequently asked questions section provides a handy overview of the Agriculture Agreement and the issues covered by it. The publication also provides an update on agriculture negotiations at the WTO. This publication forms part of the WTO Agreements Series a set of compact booklets on selected WTO agreements. Other publications in the series include Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade.
Rapport annuel 2018
Le Rapport annuel 2018 offre un compte rendu complet des activités menées par l'OMC en 2017 et au début de 2018. Il commence par un message du Directeur général de l'OMC Roberto Azevêdo. Il donne ensuite un bref aperçu de l'année 2017 et une description plus détaillée des domaines d'activité de l'Organisation au cours des 12 derniers mois. Des gros plans sont faits sur les principaux événements et activités organisés à l'OMC y compris la onzième Conférence ministérielle de l'Organisation qui s'est tenue à Buenos Aires.
Trade and Environment
The creation of the WTO in 1995 marked a crucial step in the history of multilateral trade helping to open up fresh avenues of dialogue on how trade interacts with the environment and how to ensure that trade and environmental policies work hand in hand. This brochure produced to mark the WTO’s 20th anniversary looks into the interplay between trade and environment.
Training and Technical Assistance
Over 14700 participants from developing countries benefited from WTO training courses and distance learning programmes in 2014. This training has been instrumental in helping government officials gain a greater understanding of the multilateral trading system and in helping developing countries tackle the challenges of being a WTO member enforce their rights and meet their obligations.
The Making of the TRIPS Agreement
A comprehensive account of the establishment of the World Trade Organization focusing on those who shaped its creation as well as those who have influenced its evolution. The book examines trade negotiations the WTO’s dispute settlement role the presence of coalitions and groupings within the WTO the process of joining the organization and many other topics including what lies ahead for the organization.
Annual Report 2003
The 2003 edition of the WTO Annual Report focuses on the first full year of negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda.
Annual Report 2004
The Annual report of the WTO focuses on the regular activities of the organization the details of its current structure staff and budget. The Annual report is published in the first half of each year.
Annual Report 2007
The Annual Report of the World Trade Organization focuses on the main activities of the organization and details of its current structure staff and budget. This is a companion report to the World Trade Report the World Tariff Profiles and the International Trade Statistics.
Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2007
El 1º de enero de 2008 el sistema multilateral de comercio cumplió 60 años. El Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2007 celebra este acontecimiento con un examen en profundidad del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio (GATT) y su sucesora la Organización Mundial del Comercio: sus orígenes sus logros los desafíos con que se ha enfrentado y lo que puede depararle el futuro.