World Trade Organization Opportunities to Developing Countries

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"The World Trade Organization System offers the best opportunities for developing countries to be integrated into the World Economy" The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.About two thirds of the WTO’s around a hundred and fifty members are developing countries. They play an increasingly important and active role in the WTO because of their numbers, due to the fact they are becoming more important in the global economy, and because they increasingly look to trade as a vital tool in their development efforts. Developing countries are a highly diverse group often with very different views and concerns. The WTO deals with the special needs of developing countries in three ways: the WTO agreements contain special provisions on developing countries, the Committee on Trade and Development is the main body focusing on work in this area in the WTO, and the WTO Secretariat provides technical assistance (mainly training of various kinds) for developing countries. The WTO agreements include numerous provisions giving developing and least-developed countries special rights or extra leniency-“special and differential treatment”. It is this that allows for developing countries to be integrated into the world economy. Here I will state the opportunities or benefits that the WTO has to offer: 1. The WTO system expand aid to support developing countries and offer them opportunities to increase exports of goods and services, help increase trade capacity and increase market access. The WTO gives extra attention to these countries and has agreements that recognize that they must benefit from the greatest possible flexibility. The WTO offer developing countries the opportunity to
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