Global Business 4th Edition by Mike Peng

Exercise 16

The WTO membership is viewed by some as a signal of a country's ability to guarantee and protect trade among companies in stable macroeconomic conditions. Since your company is looking to expand internationally for the first time since 1999, a list of countries that have been admitted to the WTO since 2000 is required. This will update your company's market-entry database so that managers can review the international opportunities more thoroughly.