Articles of category "World Trade Organization"

The World Trade Organization, also known as WTO, is an international organization which is responsible for setting rules for the global trading system and settling disputes among its member states, each of them being a signatory to some 30 WTO agreements. The organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Its current Director-General is Pascal Lamy. As of 2005, the WTO has 149 members, with the latest to join being Saudi Arabia.

Created in 1988, the Global Exchange is a non-governmental organization, headquartered in San Francisco, California. It aims at promoting human rights and economic, social, and environmental justice worldwide, and addresses a range of issues, from the US war in Iraq to worker abuse by US companies. Provided by the organization are also reality tours to different countries with the aim of educating individuals with realities of living in diverse cultures of the world.