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WTO Membership and Least-Developed Countries

The document discusses least-developed countries (LDCs) within the World Trade Organization (WTO). It lists the 49 LDCs recognized by the United Nations, 32 of which are currently WTO members. An additional 10 LDCs are in the process of negotiating membership. The WTO does not have strict definitions of "developed" or "developing" countries, which instead self-select their status.

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WTO Membership and Least-Developed Countries

The document discusses least-developed countries (LDCs) within the World Trade Organization (WTO). It lists the 49 LDCs recognized by the United Nations, 32 of which are currently WTO members. An additional 10 LDCs are in the process of negotiating membership. The WTO does not have strict definitions of "developed" or "developing" countries, which instead self-select their status.

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UNDERSTANDING THE WTO: THE ORGANIZATION

Least-developed countries
The WTO recognizes as least-developed countries (LDCs) those countries which have been designated as such by the United Nations. There are currently 49 leastdeveloped countries on the UN list, 32 of which to date have become WTO members.

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Angola Bangladesh Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Agreements Cambodia Settling disputes Central African Republic Chad Cross-cutting Congo, Democratic Republic of the and new issues Djibouti The Doha agenda Gambia Developing Guinea countries Guinea Bissau The organization Haiti Lesotho Whose WTO? Madagascar Organization chart Malawi Membership, Maldives alliances and Mali bureaucracy Mauritania Secretariat chart Mozambique Special policies Myanmar Nepal Members list Niger Least-developed Rwanda countries list Senegal Abbreviations Sierra Leone A tree for site navigation Solomon Islands will open here if you Tanzania enable JavaScript in your Togo browser. Uganda Zambia Understanding the WTO Basics
More introductory information > The WTO in Brief > 10 benefits > 10 misunderstandings

Ten more least-developed countries are negotiating to join the WTO. They are: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Laos, Sao Tome & Principe, Samoa, Sudan, Vanuatu and Yemen. There are no WTO definitions of developed or developing countries. Developing countries in the WTO are designated on the basis of self-selection although this is not necessarily automatically accepted in all WTO bodies.

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