General Council of the World Trade Organization

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WTO body decision-making body international organization organ

The General Council of the World Trade Organization is the main decision-making body in the WTO between ministerial conferences, overseeing the day-to-day implementation and functioning of global trade agreements.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
WTO General Council	4
Chairperson of the WTO General Council	1
GATT Council of Representatives	1
WTO General Council in its capacity as Dispute Settlement Body	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO body ⓘ decision-making body ⓘ international organization organ ⓘ
actsAs	Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ Trade Policy Review Mechanism ⓘ surface form: Trade Policy Review Body
canEstablish	subsidiary bodies ⓘ
composedOf	representatives of all WTO members ⓘ
convenes	regular meetings of WTO members ⓘ
coordinatesWith	WTO Secretariat ⓘ
decisionScope	WTO-wide ⓘ
followsPrinciple	one country, one vote ⓘ
formedInContextOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ surface form: Marrakesh Agreement of 1994
governs	overall functioning of the WTO between ministerial conferences ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Council for Trade in Goods ⓘ Council for Trade in Services ⓘ Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ WTO Secretariat ⓘ surface form: WTO councils
hasChairperson	Chair of the WTO General Council ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
hasMembershipType	intergovernmental ⓘ
hasOfficialName	General Council of the World Trade Organization self-link ⓘ
hasShortName	General Council of the World Trade Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WTO General Council
isMainDecisionMakingBodyBetween	Ministerial Conference ⓘ surface form: WTO Ministerial Conferences
legalBasis	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
makesDecisionsBy	consensus ⓘ
meetsAt	WTO headquarters in Geneva ⓘ
meetsFrequency	several times a year ⓘ
membershipIncludes	all WTO member states ⓘ
monitors	implementation of WTO commitments by members ⓘ
oversees	day-to-day work of the World Trade Organization ⓘ functioning of the multilateral trading system ⓘ implementation of WTO agreements ⓘ
partOf	World Trade Organization ⓘ
predecessor	GATT Council of Representatives ⓘ
publishes	official WTO decisions ⓘ
reportsTo	Ministerial Conference ⓘ surface form: WTO Ministerial Conference
responsibleFor	adopting WTO dispute settlement reports ⓘ implementing decisions of the Ministerial Conference ⓘ overseeing WTO accession processes at the political level ⓘ
subjectArea	international trade ⓘ multilateral trade agreements ⓘ
usesWorkingLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Council → abbreviation → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (World Trade Organization)

this entity surface form: WTO General Council

Director-General of the World Trade Organization → appointedBy → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

General Council → chairedBy → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (World Trade Organization)

this entity surface form: Chairperson of the WTO General Council

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → establishes → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

Ministerial Conference → hasAuthorityOver → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

General Council of the World Trade Organization → hasOfficialName → General Council of the World Trade Organization self-link ⓘ

General Council of the World Trade Organization → hasShortName → General Council of the World Trade Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO General Council

WTO Appellate Body → oversight → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO General Council in its capacity as Dispute Settlement Body

Council for Trade in Goods → parentOrganization → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

General Council → predecessor → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (World Trade Organization)

this entity surface form: GATT Council of Representatives

Dispute Settlement Body → relatedBody → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO General Council

Council for Trade in Goods → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

Council for Trade in Services → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

CTS → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: Council for Trade in Services

this entity surface form: WTO General Council

Director-General of the World Trade Organization → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

Dispute Settlement Body → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

Trade Policy Review Mechanism → reportsTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights → subordinateTo → General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ