Agreement to Technical barriers to Trade
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, commonly referred to as the TBT Agreement, is an international treaty administered by the World Trade Organization. It was last renegotiated during the […]
WTO and Environment Protection
The WTO came into existence in 1995 and the Committee on Trade and Environment was established as per a decision adopted during the Uruguay Round. Its main aim was to […]
Meaning of Trade in Services
The advanced economies are primarily service economies in the sense that the services sector generates the major share of employment as well as income in these economies. In the industrial […]
Financial Services in GATs
(a) This Annex applies to measures affecting the supply of financial services. Reference to the supply of a financial service in this Annex shall mean the supply of a service […]
Telecommunication Services in GATS
We have a fundamentally new world market for telecommunications at the close of the century. This development marks the closing of a policy circle in which the market has moved […]
India and the GATs
In the past five years, India has witnessed significant debate, brainstorming sessions and political drama over the issue of liberalizing retail services for foreign investors, particularly in the multi-brand sector. […]
Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)
Intellectual Property Rights are the rights given to persons/agencies for their creativity/innovations. These rights usually give the creator, an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain […]
IPRS Covered by TRIPs
The Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is comprehensive in giving cover to all areas of technology, property, patents, trademarks, copyrights and so on. The TRIPs encourages upon […]
Rights of Patentees under the TRIPs
Relation to the Berne Convention Members shall comply with Articles 1 through 21 of the Berne Convention (1971) and the Appendix thereto. However, Members shall not have rights or obligations […]
