Q.Trace briefly the evolution of the WTO from GATT.

Global trade rules began as a temporary treaty and only later became a permanent organisation.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was signed in 1947 by a group of countries seeking to reduce tariffs and other barriers to trade after the war. Importantly, GATT was only a provisional multilateral treaty, not a formal international organisation with a permanent legal identity — it operated through a series of negotiating "rounds" (Geneva, Kennedy, Tokyo, and others), each aiming to further cut tariffs and widen the scope of trade rules. …

Treating GATT and WTO as two names for the same body throughout history — GATT was a treaty without a permanent organisational structure; th …