emerging states are also quickly receiving membership status (South Sudan, Palestine, Kosovo, all of which are not WTO Members …). In contrast to the WTO membership (which has risen to 164 contracting parties) some states and economic territories which … have previously had an independent status may have a different WCO membership status (Liechtenstein: WTO + / WCO -, Taiwan …

GATT/WTO architecture and briefly trace its historical antecedents. We suggest that the existing literature provides a … useful framework for understanding and interpreting central features of the design and practice of the GATT/WTO, and we …We consider the purpose and design of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, the General Agreement on …

veľmi dôležitým inštitútom v rámci Svetovej obchodnej organizácie (WTO). DNV je definovaná v čl. I GATT a ďalej … duševného vlastníctva. Hoci je DNV všeobecným inštitútom medzinárodného obchodu podľa GATT/WTO, existujú viaceré výnimky z DNV … podmienečnú DNV aj neskôr, hoci v roku 1947 bola podpísaná Všeobecná dohoda o clách a obchode (GATT). Napríklad USA začali …

Organization (WTO) and from the topics established therein which the WTO has not regulated so far. …

these rules to those provided for by the World Trade Organization (WTO) …

its external partners, as well as relating these rules to those provided for by the World Trade Organization (WTO). …

features of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism that are generally lacking in preferential trade agreements such as improved … countries that depend on preferential trading areas as opposed to the WTO. …

incorporated into the GATT/WTO legal framework so as to permit the derogation of most-favored-nation (MFN) obligations. … countries, which are known as North-South RTAs. Under the current legal system of the WTO, North-South RTAs are governed by … Article XXIV of the GATT or Article V of the GATS, which means such RTAs must be reciprocal and must cover substantially all …

The broadened scope of the GATT/WTO through successive rounds of trade liberalization is explained as a result of trade …