General Information
Organisation Type/Location: Organisation in Switzerland
Nick name/Abbrev.: WTO
Business Sector(s):
Trading – Import/Export
Nature of Activities
The World Trade Organization (WTO), established on 1 January 1995, is the legal and institutional foundation of the multilateral trading system. It provides the principal contractual obligations determining how governments frame and implement domestic trade legislation and regulations. It is the platform on which trade relations among countries evolve through collective debate, negotiation and adjudication.
The WTO is the embodiment of the results of the Uruguay Round trade negotiations and the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Related Organisations
has division: International Trade Centre, South Africa
Related Countries
has member: Albania
has member: Angola
has member: Antigua and Barbuda
has member: Argentina
has member: Australia
has member: Austria
has member: Bahrain
has member: Bangladesh
has member: Barbados
has member: Belgium
has member: Belize
has member: Benin
has member: Bolivia
has member: Botswana
has member: Brazil
has member: Brunei Darussalam
has member: Bulgaria
has member: Burkina Faso
has member: Burundi
has member: Cameroon
has member: Canada
has member: Central African Republic
has member: Chad
has member: Chile
has member: Colombia
has member: Congo
has member: Costa Rica
has member: Côte d’Ivoire
has member: Croatia
has member: Cuba
has member: Cyprus
has member: Czech Republic
has member: Democratic Republic of The Congo
has member: Denmark
has member: Djibouti
has member: Dominica
has member: Dominican Republic
has member: Ecuador
has member: Egypt
has member: El Salvador
has member: Estonia
has member: Fiji
has member: Finland
has member: France
has member: Gabon
has member: Gambia
has member: Georgia
has member: Germany
has member: Ghana
has member: Greece
has member: Grenada
has member: Guatemala
has member: Guinea
has member: Guinea-Bissau
has member: Guyana
has member: Haiti
has member: Honduras
has member: Hong Kong
has member: Hungary
has member: Iceland
has member: India
has member: Indonesia
has member: Ireland
has member: Israel
has member: Italy
has member: Jamaica
has member: Japan
has member: Jordan
has member: Kenya
has member: Korea (South)
has member: Kuwait
has member: Kyrgyzstan
has member: Latvia
has member: Lesotho
has member: Liechtenstein
has member: Luxembourg
has member: Macao
has member: Madagascar
has member: Malawi
has member: Malaysia
has member: Maldives
has member: Mali
has member: Malta
has member: Mauritania
has member: Mauritius
has member: Mexico
has member: Mongolia
has member: Morocco
has member: Mozambique
has member: Myanmar
has member: Namibia
has member: Netherlands
has member: New Zealand
has member: Nicaragua
has member: Niger
has member: Nigeria
has member: Norway
has member: Pakistan
has member: Panama
has member: Papua New Guinea
has member: Paraguay
has member: Peru
has member: Philippines
has member: Poland
has member: Portugal
has member: Qatar
has member: Romania
has member: Rwanda
has member: Saint Kitts and Nevis
has member: Saint Lucia
has member: Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
has member: Senegal
has member: Sierra Leone
has member: Singapore
has member: Slovakia
has member: Slovenia
has member: Solomon Islands
has member: South Africa
has member: Spain
has member: Sri Lanka
has member: Suriname
has member: Swaziland
has member: Sweden
has member: Switzerland
has member: Tanzania
has member: Thailand
has member: Togo
has member: Trinidad and Tobago
has member: Tunisia
has member: Turkey
has member: Uganda
has member: United Arab Emirates
has member: United Kingdom
has member: United States
has member: Uruguay
has member: Venezuela
has member: Zambia
has member: Zimbabwe
Directors/Managers
Director General: Mr P Lamy (Pascal)
Director General: Dr S Panitchpakdi (Supachai)
Director General: Mr R Yerxa (Rufus)
Contact Information
World Trade Organisation
Office Address:
Centre William Rappard
154, rue de Lausanne
Geneva
CH-1211
Switzerland
