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什么是WTO?WTO,即世界贸易组织,1995年成立,其前身是1948年正式开始生效的关贸总协定(简称GATT)。WTO是当今规范国际经贸规则的多边经济组织,其宗旨是通过实施非歧视原则,削减贸易壁垒,促进贸易自由化,在可持续发展的基础上,充分利用世界资源,扩大商品的生产和交换。世贸组织的基本职能一是制定、实施和监督多边贸易规则。世贸组织通过协商,签署协议,为国际经济贸易活动提供基本的法律规则。世贸组织制定和实施的多边贸易规则涵盖面非常广泛,包括货物贸易、服务贸易、与贸易有关的知识产权、与贸易有关的投资措施等。世贸组织目前适用规则的最重要组成部分是乌拉圭回合谈判达成的协议。乌拉圭回合协议构成了一整套规范各成员贸易政策和措施的完善的国际贸易规则。二是组织多边贸易谈判。自关贸总协定成立以来,通过8轮回合的多边谈判,各成员大
What is WTO? WTO, the World Trade Organization, was established in 1995 and its predecessor was the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which came into effect in 1948. WTO is today’s multilateral economic organization that regulates international economic and trade rules. Its purpose is to make full use of the world’s resources and expand the production and exchange of goods on the basis of sustainable development through the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination, the reduction of trade barriers and the promotion of trade liberalization. One of the basic functions of the WTO is to formulate, implement and supervise multilateral trade rules. WTO, through consultations and signing of agreements, provides the basic legal rules for international economic and trade activities. The multilateral trading rules formulated and implemented by WTO cover a very wide range of issues, including goods trade, service trade, trade-related intellectual property rights, and trade-related investment measures. The most important part of the WTO’s current rules of application is the agreement reached during the Uruguay Round of negotiations. The Uruguay Round Agreement constitutes a comprehensive set of rules governing international trade that regulate the trade policies and measures of its members. The second is to organize multilateral trade negotiations. Since the establishment of GATT, each member has been big through multilateral negotiations in eight rounds