WTO Council for Trade in Goods

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The WTO Council for Trade in Goods is a central World Trade Organization body overseeing the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements on trade in goods and supervising specialized committees that handle specific areas such as subsidies, tariffs, and market access.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council
WTO body
alsoKnownAs Council for Trade in Goods
basedOn Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
coordinatesWith WTO Council for TRIPS
WTO Council for Trade in Services
decisionMakingProcess consensus among WTO Members
hasLegalBasis Annex 1A of the Marrakesh Agreement
hasMandate to oversee the operation of WTO agreements on trade in goods
to provide a forum for consultation on trade in goods
to supervise subsidiary bodies dealing with trade in goods
hasScope trade in goods
hasTypeOfAgreementUnderItsPurview Agreement on Agriculture
Agreement on Anti-Dumping
Agreement on Customs Valuation
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection
Agreement on Rules of Origin
Agreement on Safeguards
Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
GATT 1994
Information Technology Agreement (ITA)
languageOfWork English
French
Spanish
meetsAt WTO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
membership all WTO Members
oversees functioning of WTO agreements on trade in goods
implementation of WTO agreements on trade in goods
multilateral agreements on trade in goods
partOf World Trade Organization
reportsTo WTO General Council
supervises Committee on Agriculture
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Customs Valuation
Committee on Import Licensing
Committee on Information Technology Agreement (ITA) implementation
Committee on Market Access
Committee on Pre-shipment Inspection
Committee on Rules of Origin
Committee on Safeguards
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures
WTO committees on trade in goods

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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods
Committee on Safeguards reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods
Pakistan Customs cooperatesWith World Trade Organization (on trade facilitation and customs valuation)
linked to: WTO Council for Trade in Goods
TRIMs accord monitoredBy WTO Council for Trade in Goods
WTO Committee on Market Access relatedTo Committee on Trade in Goods
linked to: WTO Council for Trade in Goods
SPS Committee reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods
SCM Committee reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods
Textiles Monitoring Body reportsTo WTO Council for Trade in Goods