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• n  an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade

• Since 2001, the wto has been holding complex negotiations in an attempt to reduce existing barriers to trade in agriculture, services and manufacturing.
• Here's a link to the WTO's framework, keep in mind the Doha round failed, so this hasn;t been modernized since the Uruguay round.

• World Trade Organization
• WTO

News & Articles

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• USAID and ANSI Announce Standards Alliance, New Public-Private Partnership to Assist Developing Countries with WTO TBT ...
  The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently agreed to collaborate on a new, multiyear public-private partnership intended to assist developing countries in effectively implementing their commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) agreement.
  June 24, 2013 - American National Standards Institute

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in The Moscow Times
  Russia belongs in the WTO,Obama told reporters at a joint news conference with President Dmitry Medvedev.
• Gordon Brown in Bloomberg
  My message to Russia is simple: if you want to be welcome at the top table of organizations such as the G-8, OECD and WTO, you must accept that with rights and responsibilities,Brown said.
• Susan Schwab in Raw Story
  I am very pleased to report we have just signed an agreement with China that will lead to complete elimination of these WTO-prohibited subsidies. We expect the agreement to be fully implemented by January 1, 2008,Schwab said at a news conference.