What is the WTO?
By Webmaster, 22 March 2010
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
US Higher Education Initiative for Africa
By Webmaster, 22 March 2010
Higher Education for Development Awards 13 More USAID-Funded Grants in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
Trade policy issues and documents
30 September 2004
The creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 ushered in a new era in world trading arrangements. Building on the General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs (GATT), the intergovernmental treaty that for 50 years had regulated international trade relations, the WTO is a global organization of equal standing to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and will set the agenda for international trade for decades to come. The authors of this volume were heavily involved in (...)
The Rise of "The Rest"
23 September 2004
After World War II a select number of countries outside Japan and the West—those that Alice Amsden calls "the rest"—gained market share in modern industries and altered global competition. By 2000, a great divide had developed within "the rest", the lines drawn according to prewar manufacturing experience and equality in income distribution. China, India, Korea and Taiwan had built their own national manufacturing enterprises that were investing heavily in R&D.
After World War II a select (...)
After World War II a select (...)
The Trading System
23 September 2004
Some noticeable barriers that African governments and the business community are committed to address include the limited size of markets, poor social and physical infrastructures and supporting a vibrant private sector that innovates and creates jobs. Unfortunately, in many instances multilateral institutions and some firms including World Bank, IMF, WTO, the UN and transnational companies often exclude national institutions and parliaments in setting national priorities and programmes. (...)
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
22 September 2004
The aim of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) is to ensure that regulations to protect human, animal or plant life or health are not misused for protectionist purposes and do not result in unnecessary barriers to international trade. Governments may apply only those sanitary and phytosanitary measures necessary for the protection of food safety and animal and plant health. Such measures will be based, as far as possible, on the analysis (...)
Technical Standards
22 September 2004
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) provides for the use of product standards - including conformity-assessment procedures - that aremandated by law and enforced by regulation, voluntary or industry standards of the sort which often comprise an industry ’code of practice’
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) provides for the use of product standards - including conformity-assessment procedures - that are
mandated by law and enforced by regulation
voluntary or (...)
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) provides for the use of product standards - including conformity-assessment procedures - that are
mandated by law and enforced by regulation
voluntary or (...)
Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS)
21 September 2004
In the late 1980’s, there was a significant increase in foreign direct investment throughout the world. However, some of the countries receiving foreign investment imposed numerous restrictions on that investment designed to protect and foster domestic industries, and to prevent the outflow of foreign exchange reserves.
Examples of these restrictions include local content requirements (which require that locally-produced goods be purchased or used), manufacturing requirements (which require (...)
Examples of these restrictions include local content requirements (which require that locally-produced goods be purchased or used), manufacturing requirements (which require (...)
