1. Overview  4

Message from Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  6

In the spotlight:

12th Ministerial Conference  10

Trade and health  12

Trade and climate change  14

Trade in a year of polycrisis  16

World trade success stories  20

Our year  24

2. What we stand for  30

Fundamental principles  32

A brief history  34

3. What we do  38

Joining the WTO  42

Trade negotiations and discussions  48

Implementation and monitoring  74

Dispute settlement  132

Supporting development and building trade capacity  136

Outreach  152

In the Spotlight: Presidential Lecture Series  156

In the Spotlight: Public Forum 2022  162

4. Who we are  184

WTO Secretariat  188

Budget, finance and administration  196

How the WTO is structured  200