- The value and quantity of trade.
o Enhanced the value and quantity of trade.
- Non-trade barriers.
o Eradicated trade and non-trade barriers.
- Trade in investment, services and intellectual property.
o Broadened the trade governance scope to trade in investment, services and intellectual property.
- Developmental policies.
o Expanded the WTO agenda by including developmental policies.
- Disputes
o Eased settlement of disputes by enforcing improved rules.
- Trade Policy Review and the World Trade Report
o Improved monitoring by introducing the Trade Policy Review and the World Trade Report
- Transparency
o Increased transparency by removing green room negotiations
- Sustainable trade development
o Encouraged sustainable trade development
- Most effective international agency
o WTO is the single most effective international agency. With the pending inclusion of China, governments that represent 85 percent of the world’s population and about 95 percent of world trade have chosen to bind themselves to the WTO’s rules and dispute settlement procedures.
- Increase GDP