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1、TheWTO'sdisputewithreformPrefaceIn2008,weheardalotofquestionsoundabouttheWTOinaBBS.SomeNGOfromsoutheastAsiaExpressedconcernanddissatisfactionwithWTO.Particularlyimpressedwithistheonecalled"FocusontheGlobalSouth,"theNGO,TheirrepresentativesaidthattheydonotwanttooverthrowitbuttoamendWTO.LaterIlearne
2、dthattheoriginalprotestsagainsttheWTO'slonghistoryandhugelineup.EverytimeaftertheWTOroundofnegotiations,outsidethevenuehashundredsofthousandsofpeopleinthedemonstrationinstitutions.,Thereisnoonewhohaveyetattractedsomanyorganizationsaresofierceprotestsamonginternationalorganizations.So,what’swrongwi
3、thWTO?Whattheyareprotesting?Withthisquestion,IthelpusunderstantadifferentWTO.
WhatisWTOChinatookpartinWTOin2008,Priortotheoverwhelmingmediacoverageafter,somostChinesepeopleknowthatthe"WTO"theEnglishabbreviation.WeallknowthatcarsandothergoodsaftertheWTOtariffswilldropsubstantially,andwillleadtolowe
4、rprices,butalsoallknowthattheChineseenterprisesto"DanceswithWolves",andfacetofaceforeigncompetition.ThesecorevaluesisactuallyamanifestationofWTOWTOwasestablishedin1995,isindependentoftheUnitedNationsapermanentinternationalorganization,itiswiththeWorldBank,togetherwiththeInternationalMonetaryFund,a
5、ndtheworldeconomicsystemknownasthe"threepillars",isresponsibleformanagementoftheworldtradeorder.Ontradeissues,WTO'spointisveryclear,istopromotememberstatesopenthedoors,sothatawiderrangeofgoodsandserviceswithinthemoresmooththeflow.PutforwardsomebasicprinciplesofWTOtopromotetradeliberalization,sucha
6、stheMFNprinciplerequiresaMemberStatetootherMemberStatesofthebenefitsandanybenefits,mustimmediatelyandunconditionallytoallmembers;suchasnon-discriminationprinciplerequiresthatallcountriesforimportscommodities,foreign-fundedenterprisesthesametreatmentgiventotheirown;anotherexample,theprincipleofexpa
7、ndingmarketaccess,requiresMemberStatestocontinuetolowertariffsandeliminatenon-tariffbarriers.TheseprinciplesrunthroughtheWTOagreements,andbecomethemostpowerfultooltoopenuptradespace.Currently,WTOmultilateraltrade
