Correct option is A
The correct answer is (a) Afghanistan.
Solution:
Afghanistan became the 164th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 29 July 2016.
Information about the other Options:
- (B) Liberia:
- Liberia joined the WTO on 14 July 2016, making it the 163rd member, shortly before Afghanistan.
- (C) Kazakhstan:
- Kazakhstan became the 162nd member of the WTO on 30 November 2015.
- (D) Seychelles:
- Seychelles joined the WTO on 26 April 2015, becoming the 161st member.
Information Booster:
World Trade Organization:
- Established: 1 January 1995
- Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
- Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94)
- Membership: 164 members representing 98 per cent of world trade
- Director General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala -She was reappointed for a second term in November 2024.
- WTO's top decision-making body is the Ministerial Conference.
- Timor-Leste became the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 166th member on August 30, 2024.
- Comoros became the 165th member on August 21, 2024.