The World Trade Organisation The World Trade Organisation or WTO has, since 1995, been the leading international organisation responsible for developing and monitoring free trade; while also policing trade violations (World Trade Organisation, 2003). The WTO developed out of GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. GATT came into being after the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. It was advanced as a temporary structure for trade negotiations by USA president Harry Truman, after Congress withdrew form the International …
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