WTO是世界上唯一处理国与国之间贸易规则的国际组织,也是世界上规模最大的多边贸易组织。截至1999年2月,WTO共有134个成员,其中约100个成员是发展中国家。WTO还有36个观察员,包括中国、中国台北和前苏联的11个国家,其中绝大多数正在申请加入。WTO的核心是WTO协议。WTO的成员国(和地区)政府经过长期艰苦复杂的谈判过程达成了一系列协议,并正 WTO is the only international organization in the world that deals with trade rules between countries and the largest multilateral trade organization in the world. As of February 1999, the WTO has a total of 134 members, of whom about 100 are developing countries. The WTO also has 36 observers, including 11 from China, Taipei, China and the former Soviet Union, the vast majority of whom are applying to join. The core of WTO is the WTO agreement. The WTO member states (and regions) reached a series of agreements after long and arduous negotiations