There are several aspects of the relationship between International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organization (WTO). Although of the overlapping
matters which they concern with, as the IMF concerns with exchange matters, where
as the WTO ca
res to liberalizing of international trade, nevertheless, it seems they
are tangled in details. So, it is difficult to separate international trade fromexchange
matters.
This research deals with the relationship between IMF andWTO through three
points:
First point responses to the question: what are the legal bases of relationship
between IMF and WTO?
The second one focuses on differences in scope and exercise of jurisdiction, in
order to clarify that the purposes of the WTO and the IMF are complementary,
although they are asymmetrical organizations.
Third point searches on homogeneous rights and obligations in both
organizations, especially as to Articles of WTO’s Agreements which relate to IMF’s
jurisdiction, such as exchange restrictions in the GATT and in the GATS. ...
