Annual Report 2017 [Paperback]

The?Annual Report 2017?provides an overview of WTO activities in 2016 and early 2017. The Report begins with a message from WTO Director-General Roberto Azev?do, followed by a brief overview of 2015 and more in-depth accounts of WTO activities over the past year.The?Annual Report 2017?provides an overview of WTO activities in 2016 and early 2017. The Report begins with a message from WTO Director-General Roberto Azev?do, followed by a brief overview of 2015 and more in-depth accounts of WTO activities over the past year.The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was created in 1947 and operated almost five decades on a provisional basis until 1995 when the WTO was established. Its goal is to improve the welfare of peoples of its member countries, specifically by lowering trade barriers and providing a platform for the negotiation of trade. The organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a global or near global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements and charged with policing Member Countries' adherence to all WTO agreements. In 2007 there were 150 Member States.