随着中美、中欧关于加入世界贸易组织协议的签订,中国加入世贸组织已成定势。世贸组织是个什么样的组织,加入后会带来哪些机遇和挑战,我们应采取哪些相应的对策,这些都是人们普遍关心的问题。一、世界贸易组织的由来和现状世界贸易组织是1995年1月1日问世的。它的前身是关贸总协定。关贸总协定全称关税与贸易总协定(英文缩写为GATT),是在美国策动下由23个国家于1947年10月30日在日内瓦签订并于 With the signing of the agreement on the accession to the World Trade Organization between China and the United States and China and the EU, China’s accession to the WTO has become a definite sign. What kind of organization the WTO is, what opportunities and challenges it will bring after joining, and what countermeasures we should take are all issues of common concern. I. The Origin and Status of the World Trade Organization The WTO came into being on January 1, 1995. Its predecessor is the GATT. GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abbreviated GATT), was signed by 23 countries at Geneva on 30 October 1947 at the initiative of the United States