The EU and the WTO
WTO members and observers
The WTO is formed by its members and observers. The membership of the WTO is composed by 164 States. The observer status allows these organizations to follow discussions on matters of direct interest to them. It shall not be considered for meetings of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration or the Dispute Settlement Body.
WTO accession
Any state or customs territory having full autonomy in the conduct of its trade policies may become a member of the WTO, but all WTO members must agree on the terms. This is done through a process of negotiations.
MEMBERS
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1 January 1995 - Antigua and Barbuda/ Argentina/ Australia/ Austria/ Bahrain, Kingdom of/ Bangladesh/ Barbados/ Belgium/ Belize/ Brazil/ Brune/ Darussalam/ Canada/ Chile/ Costa Rica/ Côte d’Ivoire / Czech Republic/ Denmark/ Dominica/ Finland/ France/ Gabon/ Germany/ European Union(formerly EC)/ Ghana/ Greece/ Guyana/ Honduras/ Hong Kong, China / Hungary/ Iceland/ India/ Indonesia/ Ireland/ Italy/ Japan/ Kenya/ Korea, Republic of/ Kuwait, the State of/ Luxembourg/ Macao, China/ Malaysia/ Malta/ Mauritius/ Mexico/ Morocco/ Myanmar/ Namibia/ Netherlands/ New Zealand/ Nigeria/ Norway/ Pakistan/ Paraguay/ Peru/ Philippines/ Portugal/ Romania/ Saint Lucia/ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines/ Senegal/ Singapore/ Slovak Republic/ South Africa/ Spain/ Sri Lanka/ Suriname/ Swaziland/ Sweden/ Tanzania/ Thailand/ Uganda/ United Kingdom/ United States/ Uruguay/ Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of/ Zambia
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9 March 1995 - Dominican Republic/ Jamaica
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30 April 1995 - Colombia
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1 March 1995 - Trinidad and Tobago
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5 March 1995 - Zimbabwe
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7 May 1995 - El Salvador
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31 May 1995 - Botswana/ Central African Republic/ Djibouti/ Guinea-Bissau/ Lesotho/ Malawi/ Maldives/ Mali/ Mauritania/ Togo
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3 June 1995 - Burkina Faso
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30 June 1995 - Egypt
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1 July 1995 - Poland/ Switzerland
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21 July 1995 - Guatemala
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23 July 1995 - Burundi/ Sierra Leone
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26 August 1995 - Mozambique
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1 September 1995 - Liechtenstein/ Nicaragua
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12 September 1995 - Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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25 October 1995 - Guinea
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17 November 1995 - Madagascar
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13 December 1995 - Cameroon
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21 January 1996 - Ecuador
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30 January 1996 - Haiti
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21 February 1996 - Saint Kitts and Nevis
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10 April 1996 - United Arab Emirates
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22 May 1996 - Rwanda
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9 June 1996 - Papua New Guinea
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26 July 1996 - Solomon Islands
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19 October 1996 - Chad
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23 October 1996 - Gambia
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23 November 1996 - Angola
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1 December 1996 - Bulgaria
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13 December 1996 - Niger
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1 January 1997 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
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29 January 1997 - Mongolia
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27 March 1997 - Congo
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6 September 1997 - Panama
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20 December 1998 - Kyrgyz Republic
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10 February 1999 - Latvia
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13 November 1999 - Estonia
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11 April 2000 - Jordan
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14 June 2000 - Georgia
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8 September 2000 - Albania
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9 November 2000 - Oman
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30 November 2000 - Croatia
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31 May 2001 - Lithuania
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26 July 2001 - Moldova, Republic of
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11 December 2001 - China
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1 January 2002 - Chinese Taipei
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5 February 2003- Armenia
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4 April 2003 - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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23 April 2004 - Nepal
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13 October 2004 - Cambodia
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11 December 2005 - Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
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11 January 2007 - Viet Nam
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27 July 2007 - Tonga
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16 May 2008 - Ukraine
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23 July 2008 - Cabo Verde
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29 April 2012 - Montenegro
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10 May 2012 - Samoa
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22 August 2012 - Russian Federation
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24 August 2012 - Vanuatu
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2 February 2013- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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2 March 2013 - Tajikistan
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26 June 2014 - Yemen
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26 April 2015 - Seychelles
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30 November 2015 - Kazakhstan
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14 July 2016 - Liberia
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29 July 2016 - Afghanistan