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IMF vs WTO It was during the 2nd World War that many countries of the world convened a conference in US in 1944 to discuss and set up a framework for economic cooperation and development of the member countries. International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) were the intergovernmental organizations that came into existence […]
UN vs WTO WTO stands for World Trade Organization and is a successor body to GATT that was founded in 1995 in the Uruguay round of talks as the members failed to agree on setting up ITO to facilitate world trade. WTO is currently trying to work out negotiations between participating countries through Doha round […]
GATT vs GATS If you have been following the process of dialogue on international trade that was set in motion by the UN in 1947, you are probably aware of GATT and GATS. These are agreements that pertain to trade in goods and services respectively to boost international trade. There are similarities in GATT and […]
Free Trade vs Protectionism No country in the world is self reliant and has to depend on other nations to meet the demands of its infrastructure and economy. Trade between countries is as old as civilizations but of late there has been a debate over the pitfalls of protectionism and the benefits of free trade […]
GATT vs WTO There are many who get confused between the now defunct GATT and WTO and fail to identify the key difference. GATT stands for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This created in 1948 was replaced by WTO or else the World Trade Organization. When paying attention to the various practices, structures, […]
