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| Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization |
| The agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) calls for a single institutional framework encompassing the GATT as modified by the Uruguay Round all agreements and arrangements concluded under its auspices and the complete results of the Uruguay Round. Its structure is headed by a Ministerial Conference meeting at least once every two years. A General Council oversees the operation of the agreement and ministerial decisions on a regular basis. This General Council acts as a Dispute Settlement Body and a Trade Policy Review Mechanism which concern themselves with the full range of trade issues covered by the WTO and has also established subsidiary bodies such as a Goods Council a Services Council and a TRIPs Council. The WTO framework ensures a “single undertaking approach” to the results of the Uruguay Round — thus membership in the WTO entails accepting all the results of the Round without exception. |
Author: various authors
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Publisher: World Trade Organization (WTO) Year: 1994
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| Keywords: Legal Issues , International Law . |
| Type of document: Convention | Language: English |