The main purpose of the WTO is to create a for government to negotiate trade deals. This is to ensure that trade can flow as and as possible by removing and to make it more . They also try to farming.

It was fromed from the in 1948 but turned into the the WTO in . This was to increase of decision making.

It has been able to protect , it has settled disputes and managed to allow to achieve a - trade agreement to speed up the movement of goods and reduce .

However, they have failed to confront issues and the process is mainly controlled by countries such as . Large organisations has also find loopholes in the laws by claiming that is a trade barrier.

There are in total members which makes up about % of global trade. In 2001 they created the Development Agenda for poorer countries to reduce trade barriers but the project failed due to between USA and China.