World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization, successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), supervises the rules of trade between nations. It was created by the Uruguay Round negotiations of 1986-1994. “Documents Online” is a database of WTO documentation from 1995 onwards, together with selected Uruguay Round documents. Creation of a digital archive of all official documents issued under the GATT is in progress. Other site content includes news, reports, statistics, a glossary of “WTO speak”, and sections devoted to specific trade topics.