The TBT National Enquiry Point
What is the WTO?
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At the core of this organization are the various WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations which are its Members.
The WTO was born out of negotiations between countries, and everything the WTO does is the result of negotiations. Every Member country of the WTO, whether big or small, rich or poor has equal rights and obligations under the WTO agreements and thus the main essence of this global organization is to create a level-playing field for every country in the world in respect of trade.
The WTO was established on 1st January 1995, and has currently 150 countries of the world as its Members.
