{"id":924,"date":"2011-11-16T01:02:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T07:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/economics\/world-trade-organisation-wto\/"},"modified":"2011-11-16T01:08:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T07:08:49","slug":"world-trade-organisation-wto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/economics\/world-trade-organisation-wto\/","title":{"rendered":"World Trade Organisation (WTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The syllabus requirements:<\/font><\/p>\n

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4.4 World Trade Organization (WTO)
\u2022 Aims
\u2022 Success and failure viewed from different perspectives<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Accordingly, your goal from learning about this part of the syllabus should be to be able to answer the following questions:<\/font><\/h3>\n

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1) What are the aims<\/strong> of the World Trade Organisation?<\/font><\/p>\n

2) What are some of the positive contributions<\/strong> of the World Trade Organisation to the world trading system? Evaluate<\/strong> these advantages and, in particular, identify the stakeholders<\/strong> who would agree that these are advantages with reasons<\/strong> for their agreement.<\/font><\/p>\n

3) What are some of the criticisms <\/strong>made against the World Trade Organisation? Evaluate<\/strong> these advantages and, in particular, identify the stakeholders <\/strong>who would agree that these are disadvantages with reasons<\/strong> for their disagreement.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Image: <\/font>Some rights reserved<\/font><\/a> by <\/font>World Trade Organization<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

A flash-based slideshow courtesy of the guardian gives an historical introduction:<\/font><\/h3>\n

WTO – A Brief History<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

This infographic by <\/font>http:\/\/www.themoscownews.com<\/font><\/a> sums up the main aims of the WTO:<\/font><\/p>\n

History and functions of the World Trade Organization (WTO)<\/font><\/a><\/h4>\n

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The ever reliable mjmfoodie gives us a introduction to GATT, which later became WTO. It gives us the history, moving on to the reasons for the WTO (aims). It is quite pro-WTO in its approach:<\/font><\/p>\n

Episode 37: GATT\/WTO<\/font><\/a> by <\/font>mjmfoodie<\/font><\/strong><\/a> (4\u2019 38\u201d)<\/font><\/h3>\n

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