Compulsory Licensing in TRIPs
by In 2001, WTO Members adopted a special Ministerial Declaration at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha to clarify ambiguities between the need for governments to …
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Sources of WTO Laws, Basic rules and principles of WTO Law
The WTO is the product of an international agreement, and that agreement and the agreements annexed to it constitute the basic source of WTO law. …
Historical Background of WTO
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has taken concrete shape in 1995 after successful operation of the General Agreements in Tariffs and Trade (GAIT) for around …
Evolution of GATT as trading institution and transition of GATT to WTO
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or …
Other issues-status of WTO
The Uruguay Round (1986-94) saw a shift in North-South politics in the GATT-WTO system. Previously, developed and developing countries had tended to be in opposite …
Budget of WTO
The WTO Secretariat is located in Geneva. It has around 450 staff and is headed by its Director-General, Mr. Renato Ruggiero, and four deputy directors-general. …
Principles of WTO Settlement
Agreements and National Policy Since the various agreements that constitute the WTO cover such a wide range of topics, dispute settlement panelists find that a …
Principles of Non-Discrimination-Most favored nation treatment, National Treatment obligation
There are two main principles of non-discrimination in WTO law: the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment obligation and the national treatment obligation. In simple terms, the MFN …
Institutions of WTO Settlement, WTO dispute settlement Proceedings
All the various stages through which a dispute can pass in the (WTO) dispute settlement system. There are two main ways to settle a dispute …
WTO Dispute Settlement
The WTO’s procedure is a mechanism which is used to settle trade dispute under the Dispute Settlement Understanding. A dispute arises when a member government …
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