to a re-pricing of many debt instruments. By the end of 2007‚ Citigroup declared that the fair value of its U.S. sub-prime related direct exposure could decline by 20%. This affected Citigroup’s financial results and would incur further losses in the future. One of Citigroup’s main concerns was the risk of their exposure from holding leveraged loans. Due to the increasing risks and costs associated with holding these loans‚ Citigroup approached several large investors‚ including a private equity
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PROJECT REPORT ON “World Trade Organization” COURSE: ADVANCED ACCOUNTING SUBMITTED BY: Miss. POONAM RAMESH VIBHUTE COLLEGE ROLL NO.26 Master of Commerce (Part-1) (SEM I) UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: PROF. VILAS GAIKAR LAXMAN DEVRAM SONAWANE COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE KALYAN (WEST). UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI 2013-14 Laxman Devram Sonavane College of Arts & Commerce Kalyan (Affiliated by University of Mumbai) MASTER OF COMMERCE CERTIFICATE This Is To Certify
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Unit 2-1 WTO and Its Impact on International Business Content to be discussed • WTO‚ Impact of WTO on International Business: • Tariff and Non Tariff Barriers (NTBs)‚ GATT‚ GATS‚ TRIPs‚ TRIMs‚ .. How WTO Emerged? • The multilateral trading system—past‚ present and future The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995. • One of the youngest of the international organizations‚ the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the
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Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. The organization officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement. At its heart are the WTO agreements‚ negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services‚ exporters‚ and importers conduct their business. WTO has 159 members on 2 March 2013 Function of WTO The WTO shall
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World Trade Organisation (WTO): an international body responsible for negotiating trade agreements and “policing” the rules of trade to which its members sign up. Trade disputes between members are settled by the WTO. Absolute advantage: where one country is able to produce more of a good or service with the same amount of resources‚ such that the unit cost of production is lower. Comparative advantage: where one country produces a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than others. Relative
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On November 30‚ 1999‚ major governments met at a World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ ministerial meeting at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle‚ Washington. During this meeting an enormous public protest took place in the streets of Seattle. The protestors were representing human rights groups‚ students‚ environmental groups‚ religious leaders‚ labor rights activists and members of numerous other groups. The groups were not only from the United States‚ but had come from all over
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Established 1 January 1995 Formed by Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94) Location Geneva‚ Switzerland Budget 196 million Swiss francs for 2011 Director General Pascal Lamy Main Focus To open trade for the benefit of all. Membership 153 countries on 23 July 2008 Secretariat staff 640
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tourism and telecommunications)‚ intellectual property‚ textiles and clothing and agricultural products (Richard Schaffer‚ 1996). The WTO replaced GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ) as the world’s global trading body in 1995‚ and the current set of governing rules stems from the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations‚ which took place throughout 1986-1994. While WTO is relatively young organization the multilateral trading system was originally set up under GATT about 50 years ago. The GATT preamble
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Name : MUHAMMAD ROHAN Delegation ID : PMUN-114 Committee : SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE (SPECPOL) Country : VENEZUELA Institution : THE CITY SCHOOL PAF CHAPTER Topic Area A : SYRIAN CRISIS Venezuela believes that the Syrian Civil War is a matter of immense concern. On 2 January 2013‚ the United Nations stated that the war’s death toll had exceeded 60‚000. According to various opposition activist groups‚ between 50‚000 and 63‚735 people have been killed‚ of which
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ECON 0602: Lecture 5 Topics China and the WTO WTO and its rules China’s entry to the WTO Trade frictions China’s Foreign Trade: Special Issues China’s FTA: CEPA Sino-US trade imbalance China’s exchange rate Export and employment 1 © HKU ECON 0602 Larry QIU 2/153 What is WTO? China and the WTO: Questions/issues General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT‚ 1947-1994) What is WTO? 1947‚ Geneva‚ 23 (including China)‚ now 148+ Most Favored Nation Principle
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