Despite the importance of energy in the international TRADE relations, the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ((WTO)) has not explicitly dealt with this issue yet. This issue has resulted in quite a lot of difficulties on TRADE in services and TRADE in goods–related provisions. Besides, the increasing tendency of countries in using renewable energies due to the concerns arising out of global warming and environmental pollutions has led to profound challenges in regulating international TRADE rules concerning this type of energy. Hence, striking a balance between the existing free TRADE rules and authorizing the measures of the (WTO) Member States concerning the protection of extensive use of renewable energies, specifically within the framework of decisions taken by the (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body indicates the significant task of the (WTO) for solving this legal loophole in the future.

While debates on the linkage of TRADE and environment first initiated around 8 decades ago, it has been nearly over the past three decades during which the subject has become a topic of heated discussions between scholars of both sides. Given the major role (WTO) plays in regulating the International TRADEs relations, conservationists have maintained a close scrutiny on the way (WTO) has dealt with environmental issues. Although (WTO) lacks a special agreement on environment, most agreements formulized within its domain include environmental regulations that require member states to insure the environment is duly protected. This paper seeks to illustrate the paramount importance of environmental issues in (WTO) activities, work out relevant solutions as how to strike a balance between TRADE and environment and shall discuss ways to assume more responsibility and accountability for (WTO) and its organs with regards to environmental issues.

This article seeks to examine the effects of the Iran’s accession to the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ((WTO)) on its industry through econometric methods. One of the crucial issue about the (WTO)’s agreement is to assess the post-agreement rates. Removal of nontariff impediments and changing the charges for the custom tariffs of the imported and exported goods will bring about changes in economic structure of Iran. Iran’s industry in terms of the current situation-exclusively for government and also with low productivity in most of the industries is not able to compete with the global industry. If conditions improve, accession to (WTO) will improve industrial products. Based on the data from 1350 to 1385, the results of this article show that, in the case of Iran’s (WTO) membership, if the average of custom tariff rates for the exported goods reduces to 40%, the industrial export increases to 200.2% and if the average tariff rates for the imported goods decrease to 14%, the industrial import increase to 5.6%, and consequently, pure industrial export will increase to 194.6%.

Experts believe that Islamic Republic of Iran’s joining to WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ((WTO)) have tremendous benefits for the country such as improving the domestic economy as well as boosting international ties and partnerships. Iran has filed the application to join the (WTO) in 1996 but ever since it’s efforts have been marred by a variety of reasons, both interior country problems and exterior barrier such as opposition of USA to Iran’s membership. This research aims to explore the efforts made by Iran during recent decades in regard to the implementation of General Agreement on Tariffs and TRADE (GATT) as well as the (WTO) accession. Furthermore, it has been concluded that while Iran made significant steps forward to alter its actions and Grand Strategy of National Development in order to further reconcile with the (WTO) criterion, there are still irreconcilable differences between Iran’s domestic economy and the standards required by the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION and global economic sphere. This article seeks to study the plans and actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the direction of national development and accession to the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION and It has been attempted to answer the question of whether Iran's national development plans and strategies have prepared the country for accession to the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

General Agreement on TRADE in Services (GATS) -as one of the most important Agreements of (WTO)-provides some principles and commitments on services such as rail transport services. Countries applicants for accession to (WTO) have to correspond their legal and economic structures in the field of this section with GATS principles. However, working groups of applicant countries can make some exemptions on flexible principles of GATS because some principles of services section are flexible. Iran, as an observer of (WTO) has to identify contrasts of rail transport regulations and Laws with principles of GATS and provide legal suitable and effective solutions. However, this important issue has not been studied in Iranian legal literature; therefore, this article tries to consider GATS principles and Iranian contrast regulations and suggest suitable and practical solutions to the legislator and working group.

Globalization in general and economic globalization in particular is an important issue in all countries. The process focuses more on the criteria of trading goods having strategic status, including energy carriers, especially crude oil which its inclusion in the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION has made various issues. Since oil price is influenced by psychological factors and supply and demand, its inclusion in (WTO) affects directly and indirectly these factors. Supply and demand for crude oil could be directly affected by principles such as national behaviors and constraints. In addition, the General Agreements on Tariffs and TRADE (GAT), the General Agreement on TRADE in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to TRADE (TBT) could direct engineering services companies to being competitive.

Given the engagement of Iran in the process for gaining membership in the (WTO), the question that is worth considering is can Iran benefit from membership in (WTO) in order to accelerate its socio-economic development plans, given the dependence of the economy on crude oil and oil derivatives, which in total account for 90% of the country's exports.Many developing countries, including a number of oil exporting countries, joined the (WTO) during the 1990s in the hope of accelerating their socio-economic development by virtue of TRADE liberalization. The current study which uses the Balassa Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) to study differences between countries that are members of (WTO) and non-member countries, does not demonstrate a meaningful difference in terms of diversity of export items or increasing specialization in the production of more complex products. It shows that oil exporting countries continue to be involved in exports of oil and its derivatives. It shows that (WTO) membership in itself does not generate any changes, but rather its beneficial effects are a function of specific policy interventions for changing the comparative advantage of the country away from production and export of primary products to production and export of complex products.

The joining WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ((WTO)) is the highest scale of relation with WORLD economics. The joining WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ((WTO)) has various effects on economy of countries. In this study, we study effects of joining ((WTO)) as adummy variable on the two life insurance indexes (life insurance density and life insurance penetration). Selected countries joinedto ((WTO)) in1995 and was studied in time period 1990 to 2007, Using panel data method. The goal of this study is to show the effect of joining to ((WTO)) on the two life insurance indexes in Developing Countries. The results show that joining ((WTO)) has positive and significant effects on life insurance indexes in Developing Countries. based on this result we can hope whereas Iran join to ((WTO)) and as a result experience TRADE liberation, It can with use of experience of Developing Countries in preparing necessitude of economic, rightful and political decries the probable negative effects and in long run notice the positive effects.