... to promote free trade. Membership of the WTO has now increased to 142 countries, with 28 more nations waiting to join. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the policeman of global trade. Its decisions are final and every member must abide by its rulings. When the US and the European Union are in dispute over steel, bananas or beef, it is ... to power after promising to help the steel industry. He narrowly won the election of 2000, after winning two states, Ohio and West Virginia, where the steel industry has a large presence. It may well be that steel becomes the defining factor again ...

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• Grade Level: High School