In 1995, under the agreements that emerged from the Uruguay Round negotiations, the GATT was transformed into the World Trade Organization. Both sides of the Taiwan Strait saw no alternative but to actively seek WTO membership to safeguard their own economic interests.
一九九五年，因應世界貿易腳步的加大與進展，GATT 在烏拉圭回合談判中轉型為 WTO，兩岸也不得不積極「入世」以爭取自己的經貿利益。