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Answer» The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on 1st January, 1995. Its headquarters are at Geneva in Switzerland. - The objectives of the WTO are as follows:
- To remove obstacles in the international trade.
- To overcome the protection given to domestic industry to facilitate global trade.
- To coordinate domestic trade policies with world trade policy.
- To resolve international trade related disputes.
- The following steps have been taken to realize these objectives:
- An international body has been set up to implement international agreements related to trade.
- The WTO serves as a forum for regulating international trade.
- The WTO promotes discrimination free international trade.
- The WTO observes domestics trade policies of the member-states and suggests required improvements therin.
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