The World Trade Report 2007 marks sixty years of multilateralism in trade through the GATT/WTO. The report devotes some space to reviewing what theorists have to say about why governments are motivated to cooperate with one another through an institution like the WTO. The approach is multi-disciplinary and takes up arguments made by economists, political economists, international relations theorists and lawyers.

The report looks at the circumstances in which the GATT was born and goes on to explain why governments believe it is in their interests to cooperate on trade matters.

The publication describes world trade trends,and focusing on trade in merchandise and trade in commercial services.

This booklet is a quick source for national and trade statistics of WTO members and countries which are in the process of negotiating WTO membership.

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