Cockroaches have flat, oval-shaped bodies. The bodies of cockroaches are oily to the touch and may be cool or warm, depending on the temperature of their environment. The head of a cockroach is small and is covered by a shield-like pronotum.
World Trade Organization. Today, member countries number 125 (nearly the whole world except China, some former communist countries, and a number of small nations) and WTO rules apply to over 90 percent of international trade.
Subsequent ratification by the United States, in December 1994, and by other member countries established new global trading rules and created the World Trade Organization (WTO) to replace GATT. GATT had been both a forum for trade negotiations and a set of agreed upon rules governing trade between member countries.