The president meets Tuesday evening with Hong Kong Democratic leader Martin Lee -- a proponent of China's entrance into the World Trade Organization (WTO) -- and separately with a group of Democratic lawmakers who are either undecided or considered soft proponents or opponents of the legislation.

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Outlined Monday by Gore economic policy adviser Laura Tyson, the organization would provide nations with a permanent forum similar to the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Labor Organization (ILO) to tackle cross-border disputes that affect the health of forests, oceans and endangered species.

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To begin with, the U.S. is a longtime member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a 140-member group that tries to promote international trade, reduces trade barriers, and handles trade disputes between member countries.

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Negotiating States underlined that the draft Agreement respects fundamental rights and freedoms and does not go against the provisions of World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights).

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Numerical targets lead to managed trade, which flies in the face of the free market system, most notably by deviating from the principles of economic efficiency and well-being embodied in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement.

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These large vessels have been largely kept in business by governmental subsidies, say non-governmental organizations like the WWF which has been urging the World Trade Organization (WTO) to do something about them.

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The fellowship, which is a partnership with three multilateral organizations- the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World Trade Organization (WTO), will provide three ambitious African professionals with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience at the highest levels of the multilateral organizations and gain insights into the process of policy making.

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