Globalization of the Energy Sector through the WTO

Until the 1980s، most oil-exporter developing countries were not part of the negotiating groups in the GATT (with the exception of Gabon، Indonesia، Kuwait and Nigeria) Other oil -producing countries did not intent to join the GATT and therefore the oil and energy issues in these countries were not considered seriously. It is said as an unwritten law between the developed countries، the oil issues did not discuss in the GATT negotiations because of the strategic nature of the oil business. In addition، the primary interpretation of the oil exporting countries was that the Benefits of accession to the GATT would be low because they were exported goods that without GATT rules have a good demand but they imported a wide range of other industrial commodities that are subject to the rules of the GATT. Therefore، the first impression was that it joining to GATT rules with regard to their domestic policies in the energy sector and trade system would damage their country. This paper tries to study the process of globalization of the energy sector through the WTO and show how the WTO has been removed barriers of energy market and provides the context of globalization of energy sector