Understanding Global Issues

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Fairer World Trade?: The challenge for the WTO

International trade now exceeds $6 trillion a year, with developing countries increasingly involved. Globalisation has reduced the power of national governments to control their own economies, while underlining the need for a well-regulated global trading system. The new World Trade Organisation, acting for over 120 governments, has a crucial role in opening markets and making them operate fairly.

Published: May 1996 ISBN: 0850489660

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