Monday, September 15, 2008

Difference between WTO and GATT

WTO had its origin in Bretton woods conference after the end of second world war. It was founded in 1948 with 23 members by the name of GATT[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]. But in 1995,GATT was rechristined as WTO.
DIFFERENCES
1.GATT was a provisional legal agreement whereas WTO is an organization with permanent agreements.
2.WTO has members while GATT had only contracting parties.
3.GATT dealt only with trade in goods while WTO covers services and intellectual property rights as well.
4.The real critical distinction between GATT and WTO is creation of a binding dispute settlement system.Under GATT contracting parties could bring cases before international body but there was no effective enforcement mechanism. But in WTO an effective enforcement mechanism exists.

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