英文Presentation-世界貿易組織

英文Presentation-世界貿易組織第一頁，共17頁。TheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)第二頁，共17頁。ContentsDefinitionHistoryBasicinformationChinaandWTO第三頁，共17頁。

What'stheWTO?Theonlyglobalinternationalorganizationdealingwiththerulesoftradebetweennations.Anorganizationfortradeopening.Aforumforgovernmentstonegotiatetradeagreements.Aplacetosettletradedisputes.Arules-basedmember-drivenorganization.第四頁，共17頁。Establishment(GATT-WTO)1947,GeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade(GATT).（關稅與貿易總協(xié)定）Inthewakeof“BrettonWoods”institutions(布雷頓森林體系）-theWorldBankandtheInternationalMonetaryFund.1948-1994,GATTprovidedtherulesformuchoftheworldtrade.ThepredecessorofWTO.AftereightGATTtraderounds(貿易回合談判），WTOwasborninJan.1st,1995.第五頁，共17頁。WorldTradeOrganizationThelogooftheWTO1.DesignedbySingaporeanSuYeangDesigncompany，announcedin1997.2.Sixhelicalcurves（螺旋曲線）inred,blueandgreen.3.Vitality,energy.4.Cooperation.BasicinformationabouttheWTO第六頁，共17頁。Ithead-quarteredinGenevaSwitzerland.第七頁，共17頁。Ithas159members(2013)第八頁，共17頁。ThefunctionsoftheWTOItoverseestheimplementation,administrationandoperationofthecoveredagreements.Itprovidesaforumfornegotiationsandforsettlingdisputes.

TheWTOisresponsibleforstrengtheningtheIMFandWBG.第九頁，共17頁。TheprinciplesoftheWTONon-DiscriminationTherulerequiresthataWTOmembermustapplythesameconditionsonalltradewithotherWTOmembers.

ReciprocityItreflectsbothadesiretolimitthescopeoffree-ridingthatmayariseandadesiretoobtainbetteraccesstoforeignmarkets.第十頁，共17頁。TransparencyTheWTOmembersarerequiredtopublishtheirtraderegulations，torespondtorequestsforinformationbyothermembers,andtonotifychangesintradepoliciestotheWTO.FaircompetitionNotallowedtotakeunfairtradepracticestocompete,suchasDumpingandsubsidies.第十一頁，共17頁。China﹠WTOOneofthe23originalsignatoriesoftheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade(GATT)in1948.In1986,ChinanotifiedtheGATTofitswishtoresumeitsstatusasaGATTcontractingparty.第十二頁，共17頁。In1987,theWorkingPartyonChina'sstatuswasestablishedunderGATT.In1995,ChinabecametheobserveroftheWTO.Afterbilateralnegotiations,ChinajoinedtheWTOonNovember11th,2001.第十三頁，共17頁。OnNovember11th,2001,ChinajoinedtheWTO第十四頁，共17頁。Prosandcons

Opportunities1.Eliminatetariffbarriers.2.Diversifieddevelopmentofexporttrade.3.Clearandcrediblerules.4.Moreinvestments.5.ClosereconomicandtraderelationsamongMainlandChina,HongKong,MacaoandTaiwan.第十五頁，共17頁。Challenges1.Fiercercompetitionfordomesticenterprises.2.