Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have become an indelible feature of the international trading landscape. Most, if not … integration (partial scope agreement, free trade agreement or customs union), and (v) configuration (bilateral or plurilateral …

The Brazil-Taxation dispute concerns the complaints taken to the World Trade Organisation by the European Union and … can be exempted from complying with National Treatment rules under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the …

Trade in technology goods has increased rapidly. The twelve-year-old Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in the WTO … be improved to provide for further trade liberalization of ICT (information and communications technology) goods. The ITA … on non-tariff barriers to ICT trade. The mechanisms the Agreement put in place to expand coverage have failed, and this …

The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This …

Intellectual property rights copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and related rights have become … increasingly important with the advent of increased international trade, global and knowledge-based economy and fast developing … technology. A strong intellectual property rights regime is necessary in order to attract foreign trade and direct investments …

Emerging mega-integration blocs such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment … Partnership are evolving outside of the World Trade Organization’s influence. Their most contested features are their investor …

consultations under the Dispute Settlement (DS) Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in order to identify the violations in … technical barriers to trade (TBT) agreement. The DS Body decisions regarding violations of TBT agreement are discussed in this … paper. The WTO members, in order to increase transparency of trade policy, made efforts to compile data on notified TBTs …

The Dispute Settlement System (DSS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a mechanism to settle international trade …