{"id":363848,"date":"2026-05-29T16:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363848"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:11:59","slug":"process-of-wto-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/process-of-wto-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Process of WTO Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: India and Ethiopia signed the bilateral accession protocol on 22 May 2026 in Geneva in the context of Ethiopia\u2019s WTO accession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Process of WTO Membership<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363852\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-363852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-WTO.jpg?resize=339%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Process of WTO Membership\" width=\"339\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-WTO.jpg?resize=262%2C300&amp;ssl=1 262w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-WTO.jpg?w=667&amp;ssl=1 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; WTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eligibility to Apply:<\/strong> <strong>Any state or customs territory<\/strong> having full <strong>autonomy<\/strong> in conducting its <strong>trade policies<\/strong> can apply for <strong>World Trade Organization (WTO) membership under Article XII of the WTO Agreement.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Request for Membership:<\/strong> The accession process <strong>begins<\/strong> when the candidate country <strong>sends a formal request<\/strong> to the WTO seeking membership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation of Working Party:<\/strong> The <strong>General Council establishes a Working Party of WTO members<\/strong> to <strong>conduct negotiations<\/strong> with the candidate country.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Any WTO member can join this group at any stage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examination of Trade Regime:<\/strong> The Working Party <strong>examines whether the candidate country\u2019s trade regime is compatible with WTO rules.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>If required, the country must amend existing laws or adopt new laws and inscribe WTO rules into its national legal system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bilateral Market Access Negotiations:<\/strong> At the same time, the <strong>applicant negotiates bilaterally with Working Party members<\/strong> to further open its market for goods and services.\n<ul>\n<li>The agreed <strong>outcomes are compiled into goods and services schedules.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Commitments at Accession:<\/strong> At accession, tariffs and commitments on goods and services are <strong>offered equally to all WTO members under the principle of Most Favoured Nation (MFN).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India and Ethiopia signed the bilateral accession protocol on 22 May 2026 in Geneva in the context of Ethiopia\u2019s WTO accession. About Process of WTO Membership Eligibility to Apply: Any state or customs territory having full autonomy in conducting its trade policies can apply for World Trade Organization (WTO) membership under Article XII of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/process-of-wto-membership\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Process of WTO Membership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-363848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}