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European Union Terms - W

  • Wall Street Journal (WSJ) - (financial newspaper based in New York City focused on financial markets and economic news)

  • Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) -

  • Weekly Law Reports (WLR) -

  • Western European Union (WEU) - (organization founded in October 1954, which committed its seven members to a military defense of its members, and came into operation in May 1955 - did not reach the status of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization))

  • World Bank Group (WBG) - (Collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) founded at the Bretton Woods Economic Conference in 1944 to finance the reconstruction of Europe following World War II, and more recently, to provide developing countries with funds for industrial development.)

  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - (organization administering the Madrid System, which facilitates the acquisition of national marks)

  • World Trade Organization (WTO) - (independent multilateral agency administering world trade agreements, ruling on cases involving disputes, created in 1995, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) organization)