The World Trade Organization or WTO is a fictional world-spanning trade and governmental organization within the world of the video game Deus Ex: Invisible War.
The WTO is one of the most prominent organizations working to rebuild civilization following the Great Collapse brought on by the actions of JC Denton at the end of the first Deus Ex. Led by Chad Dumier, the former leader of the French revolutionary group Silhouette from the first game, the WTO is primarily focused on political and economic recovery in North America, Europe and Asia and works in tandem with local governments to establish urban growth and stability while laying the foundations for a new global information network.
The WTO provides the technology to post-collapse city-states that agree to submit to the laws of the WTO charter and live under a certain level of surveillance. WTO funded habitats - known as enclaves - positioned in most major cities allow the WTO to exert its influence over trade and international travel. However this creates a huge divide between the rich and the poor, with the rich residing in the cosy protection of the enclaves while many live like feudal peasants in the streets of the post-Collapse world.
The organization of the WTO seems to be based on the real World Trade Organization. It regulates trade between enclaves through tariffs, import/export restrictions and other methods.
Early on in the game, the goals of the WTO appear to be the opposite of those held by The Order, though it is revealed later in the game that both the WTO and the Order are branches of the same group, known as the Illuminati.
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