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World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization 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 ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.
公共外交工作者如何与世界贸易组织接触？
世贸组织与非政府组织（NGO）保持定期对话，讨论与国际贸易有关的各种问题。其目的是加强合作，提高非政府组织对世贸组织活动和基于规则的多边贸易体系的作用的认识。
Reporting on the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank held in October 2023 in Marrakesh, a representative from the Institite for public diplomacy- O. Weretelnik, PhD- noted that low income populations are the most affected by the current rising food, energy and medical care prices. He highlighted the vulnerable groups continue to be disproportionately affected.
“Trade plays a vital role, ensuring food and medicine can cross borders freely. Better trade policies that spread the benefits of trade more broadly are needed to make trade more inclusive“, he said.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 13 October, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the importance of increasing access to trade finance for small businesses to assist their integration into global supply chains.