A Simplified Outline of the WTOs Structure

Ministerial Conference
General Council meeting as General Council meeting as

Trade Policy Review Body

General Council

Dispute Settlement Body

Appellate Body Dispute settlement panels

Goods Council
Committees on:
Environment Development Regional trade Agreements Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Budget, Finance & Admin

TRIPS Council

Services Council

Committees on:
Market access Agriculture SPS measures Technical barriers Subsidies & countervail Anti-dumping Customs valuation Rules of origin Import licensing TRIMS Safeguards

Working Party on:

Accession

Working Groups on:

Investment Competition policy Government procurement

Textiles Monitoring Body Working Parties on:

STEs Pre-shipment Inspection Source: WTO

BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE WTO AGREEMENTS

Goods
Basic Principles Specialized Sectors Other Detailed Agreements

Services Intellectual Disputes Property

GATS
- Annexes

GATT
- Agriculture - Textiles & Clothing - Trade Remedies - Health and Technical Regulations - Other regulations

TRIPS

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATS - General Agreement on Trade in Services TRIPS - Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property

Doha Declarations Work programme

Negotiations that began before November 2001 Doha Declaration
Agriculture Services

Other negotiations on existing agreements

Market access for non-agricultural products Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights WTO rules: anti- dumping and subsidies WTO rules: regional trade agreements Dispute Settlement Understanding

Negotiations on issues not included in WTO

Relationship between trade and investment Interaction between trade and competition policy Trade and environment

Implementation-related issues and concerns with present agreements A range of issues raised by developing countries