12th WTO Ministerial Conferene

Question 1

Which is an international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations?

Answer 1

World Trade Organisation

began operations on 1st January, 1995.

Question 2

Whichwas appointed as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the leading international trade body?

Answer 2

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
* is the first African official
* first woman to hold the position

Question 3

WTO is the successor to the :

Answer 3

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

was created in 1947

Question 4

GATT traces its origins to the

Answer 4

1944 Bretton Woods Conference
* signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947
* came into force on Jan 1, 1948

Question 5

The Agreement Establishing the WTO, commonly known as the

Answer 5

“Marrakesh Agreement”

signed in Marrakesh, Morocco in 1994

Uruguay Round (1986-94)

Question 6

Headquarters:

Answer 6

Geneva, Switzerland

Question 7

___ is the WTO’s top decision-making body

Answer 7

WTO Ministerial Conference

meets every two years

Question 8

WTO has ____ members

Answer 8

164 , accounting for 98% of world trade

Question 9

WTO members had first agreed to not impose custom duties on electronic transmissions in

Answer 9

1998

Question 10

___ is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

Answer 10

World Food Programme (WFP)

Question 11

____ describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe.

Answer 11

Global Report on Food Crises

Question 12

___ has been awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace 2020 for its efforts to combat hunger, bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and preventing the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict

Answer 12

World Food Programme

Question 13

Who signed an agreement with the WFP for the distribution of ____ of wheat that it has committed to sending to (?) as part of a humanitarian assistance.

Answer 13

India , 50,000 MT , Afghanistan

Question 14

WFP has been working in India since

Answer 14

1963

Question 15

___ is an initiative of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Answer 15

ShareTheMeal
* was launched in 2015
* aid to some of the largest food crises in the world including Yemen, Syria and Nigeria

Question 16

Who will oppose the continuation of a moratorium on Customs Duties on electronic transmission (E-Transmission) at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) starting in June 2022 as it favors developed nations only?

Answer 16

India

Question 17

The WTO members had agreed not to impose customs duties on electronic transmissions since

Answer 17

1998

Question 18

Ministers at the Second Ministerial Conference adopted the ____, calling for the establishment of a work programme on e-commerce, which was adopted later that year.

Answer 18

Declaration on Global Electronic Commerce

in 1998

Question 19

___ sets forth the rules for application of safeguard measures pursuant to Article XIX of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994.

Answer 19

WTO’s Safeguard Agreement

Question 20

The WTO-UN relations are governed by the

Answer 20

“Arrangements for Effective Cooperation with other Intergovernmental Organizations-Relations between the WTO and the United Nations”

signed on 15 November 1995

Question 21

Which is a standing body of seven persons that hears appeals from reports issued by panels in disputes brought by WTO Members?

Answer 21

Appellate Body
* was established in 1995
* Under Article 17 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)
* has its seat in Geneva, Switzerland

Question 22

____ sets the minimum standards of protection for copyrights and related rights, trademarks, geographical indications (GIs), industrial designs, patents, integrated circuit layout designs, and undisclosed information , establishes minimum standards for the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) through civil actions for infringement, actions at the border.

Answer 22

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement)

Question 23

The first WTO Ministerial Conferences (MC)(i.e. MC1) was held in

Answer 23

Singapore in 1996

Question 24

___ is a suggested method for reducing tariff on non-agricultural goods (NAMA) by both developed and developing countries.

Answer 24

The Swiss Formula (by the Swiss Delegation to the WTO)

Question 25

MC 12, 2022 was held at

Answer 25

Geneva, Switzerland

Kazakhstan was originally scheduled to host MC12

Question 26

____ is the latest round of trade negotiations among the WTO membership

Answer 26

Doha Round
* was officially launched at the WTO’s Fourth Ministerial Conference (MC4) in Doha, Qatar,
* in November 2001

Question 27

When did the first multilateral agreement since the creation of the WTO?

Answer 27

2013 Ministerial Conference (MC9) in Bali