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5 - A Brief History of the WTO as Told to Us by Its Ministerial Conferences

from Part II - The Multilateral Trading System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2023

Alan Wm. Wolff
Alan Wm. Wolff
Affiliation:
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
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The modern history of the World Trading System may be said to start with ministers gathering in Hakone, Japan, to launch the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, followed a decade later by the launch of the Uruguay Round Negotiations at Punte del Este, Uruguay. The chapter then traces the journey taken by the WTO, covering twelve WTO Ministerial Conferences from 1996 to 2022.

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Tokyo RoundUruguay Roundcreation of the WTOmultilateral trade negotiationsGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and TradeJohn H. JacksonInternational Trade Organizationsingle undertaking
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Revitalizing the World Trading System , pp. 83 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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