Abstract
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the predecessor of the WTO, was signed in 1947 and entered into force on January 1, 1948 on a provisional basis (Barton et al. 2008: 27-60; Lanoszka 2009: 17-76). Although officially only an international treaty, the GATT evolved into a “de facto world trade organization” (Hoekman 2002: 44) that provided a negotiating forum for its contracting parties and a set of rules for conducting international trade. The WTO, established on January 1, 1995, includes the GATT agreement and is a formal, rule-based international organization with numerous rules and obligations that generally apply to all its members.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lindemann, B. (2014). Case Study 1: The World Trade Organization (WTO). In: Cross-Strait Relations and International Organizations. Ostasien im 21. Jahrhundert. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05527-1_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05527-1_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer VS, Wiesbaden
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-05526-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-658-05527-1
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)