WTO structure

All WTO members may participate in all councils, committees, etc, except Appellate Body, Dispute Settlement panels, and plurilateral committees.

Ministerial Conference

General Council meeting as General Council meeting as

Dispute Settlement
Body
Appellate Body
Dispute Settlement panels
General Council Trade Policy Review
Body Doha Development Agenda:
TNC and its bodies
Trade Negotiations
Committee

Committees on Special Sessions of

Council for Council for Council for
Trade and Environment Services Council
Trade and Development Trade in Goods Trade-Related Aspects Trade in Services
TRIPS Council
Subcommittee on Least- of Intellectual Dispute Settlement Body
Developed Countries Property Rights Agriculture Committee
Regional Trade Agreements Cotton Sub-Committee
Balance of Payments Trade and Development Committee
Committees on Committees on
Restrictions Trade and Environment Committee
Market Access Trade in Financial Services
Budget, Finance and
Agriculture Specific Commitments
Administration Negotiating groups on
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Working parties on Market Access
Working parties on Technical Barriers to Trade
Domestic Regulation Rules
Accession Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
GATS Rules Trade facilitation
Anti-Dumping Practices
Working groups on Customs Valuation
Trade, debt and finance Rules of Origin
Trade and technology Import Licensing Plurilaterals
transfer Trade-Related Investment Measures Trade in Civil Aircraft
(Inactive: Safeguards Committee
(Relationship between Government Procurement
Trade and Investment Working party on Committee
(Interaction between State-Trading Enterprises
Trade and Competition
Policy
(Transparency in
Government Procurement) Plurilateral
Information Technology Agreement
Committee

Key
Reporting to General Council (or a subsidiary)
Reporting to Dispute Settlement Body
Plurilateral committees inform the General Council or Goods Council of their activities, although these agreements are not signed by all WTO members
Trade Negotiations Committee reports to General Council
The General Council also meets as the Trade Policy Review Body and Dispute Settlement Body

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