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The World Trade Organisation (are into being
in 1995 in Marrakesh, as a successor to the General Agreements
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established after the second
world war. The secretarial is based at Geneva. |
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WTO has more than 150 members accounting for over 90
percent of world trade. |
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While the GATT the updated version remains the principal
rule-book for trade in goods.Uruguay round and the new
rules for dealing with trade in services intellectual
property and dispute settlement and trade policy reviews.
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All WTO decisions are taken by the entire membership,
typically by consensus though a majority vote can be taken,
it has not happened since WTO replaced GATT, the top decision
making level is the Ministerial conference. |
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At the heart of the system-known as the multilateral
trading systems-are to WTO's agreements, negotiated and
signed by the members. The complete set of rules runs
into approximately 30,000 pages and consists to agreements
and commitments (technically called schedules). |
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To make the Indian MSMEs aware (to facilitate clear
and comprehensive understanding of WTO), MSME Development
Institute, Karnal regularly organizes WTO Sensitization
Workshops. The duration may be from one to two days depending
upon the programme and the need felt. |
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| The following topics are covered
during these programme. |
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An overview of WTO agreements. |
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WTO agreements and right of Intellectual properties
on patents |
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Impact of WTO agreements on MSMEs |
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WTO & some vital issues for MSMEs |
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Feedback and interactions |
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For More Details www.smallindustryindia.com
www.dcmsme.gov.in
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