Introduction to the WTO: Trading into the future

THe WTO is the only international body dealing with rules of trade between nations. As its heart are the WTO agreement, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations. These documents provide the legal ground-rules for international commerce. They are essentially contracts, binding governments to keep their trade polices within agreed limits. Althrough negotiated and signed by governments, the goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business