Foreword
After nearly 12 years of negotiations, in November 2006, Vietnam wasinvited to become the 150th member of the World Trade Organization(WTO). Membership in the WTO will give Vietnamthe protection of the multilateral system of trading rules in its relationswith other WTO members, including the United States. It will also enable Vietnam to usethe WTO dispute-settlement process to resolve its differences with othermembers and to participate fully in negotiating the trade rules of the future. Accessionto the WTO is the culmination of a long struggle for this small but denselypopulated Southeast Asian nation that has been held back for half…
