Ministerial Conferences and WTO (2 Parts)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organisation dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct their business. The top most decision-making body of the WTO is the Ministerial Conference. which has to meet at least every two years. It brings together all members of the WTO, all of which are countries or customs unions. The Ministerial Conference can take decisions on all matters under any of the multillateral trade agreements. The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong, China, 13-18 December 2005. In general, Ministerial Conferences are the WTO's highest decision-making body, providing political direction for the organisation. This book is covering all the Ministerial Conferences since initiation of WTO. In the first volume of book it has 5 chapters: WTO AN Introduction, Benefit of WTO System, WTO Policies. Multi-lateral Trading System and WTO Members and their Trade Policies. In the second volume we have covered all the Ministerial Conferences; Seattle, Singapore, 9-13 December 1996, Geneva, 18-20 May 1998, November 30-December 3, 1999, Doha, 9-13 November 2001, Cancun, 10-14 September 2003, Hong Kong, 13-18 December 2005.

N.S. Bansal (b.1957) obtained his Master of Economics from Dr.B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra. For the past 14 years he has been in the teaching profession. He has contributed various articles and research papers on globalization, Monetary Fund and WTO for leading journals and Magazines. He has authored four books on Economics and International Trade. He has attended many national and international conferences.