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PRINCIPLES

AND
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jjjjjTRADING PURPOSE
The WTO establishes a framework
for trade policies; it does not define
or specify outcomes. That is, it is The World Trade Organization (WTO) is WORLD
concerned with setting the rules of the only international organization TRADE
"trade policy." Five principles are
of particular importance in
dealing with the global rules of trade. Its ORGANIZATION
understanding both the pre-1994 main function is to ensure that trade
GATT and the WTO:
flows as smoothly, predictably and freely
1. Non-discrimination
as possible.
2. Reciprocity

3. Binding and enforceable


commitments.

4. Transparency

5. Safety values

SUBMITTED BY: JOMAR V. BACANI


HISTORY AND
UNITED KINGDOM ORIGIN
GERMANY

SOUTH KOREA JAPAN

FRANCE ITALY CHINA


UNITED STATES
HONGKONG The WTO began life on 1 January 1995
PHILIPPINES but its trading system is half a century
older. Since 1948, the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT) had provided the rules for the
system. Whereas GATT had mainly
dealt with trade in goods, the WTO and
its agreements now cover trade in
services, and in traded inventions,
The WTO has 164 countries
members since July 29, 2016. The creations and designs (intellectual
major country leaders are United property).
States, China, Germany, Japan,
United Kingdom, France, South
Korea, Netherlands, and Hong
Kong, Italy.

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