What Is WTO ,and How Did It Come About?- Some Background Information Basically, The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by most of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. This … Continue reading Highlights Of The MC 12- WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference
WTO and Covid-19; A Look at Notifications Under The Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
In their efforts to achieve this , countries have to delicately balance the need to the goods to move into their territories without restrictions, and the enforcing measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health.
A Look at Notifications By WTO Members On Trade- Related Measures during Covid-19 Pandemic
As Covid-19 takes shape, continues ravaging the world and putting the already strained global health system in further trouble, it is important to remember that that there are still movements in the international trading scene. There have been reports of countries stock piling and restricting export of essential commodities. At the multilateral trading system level … Continue reading A Look at Notifications By WTO Members On Trade- Related Measures during Covid-19 Pandemic
Is Compulsory Licensing [of Patents] In Time Of Pandemics A Necessary Intervention? A Look at The Doha Declaration On WTO’s (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health
Presently the entire global health system is grappling with the COVID-19 ( Coronavirus ) pandemic. A viral disease that affects the respiratory system, it seems the world health system was caught off guard right from when the disease broke out in Wuhan, China. Reportedly, this flu like disease still does not have a cure in … Continue reading Is Compulsory Licensing [of Patents] In Time Of Pandemics A Necessary Intervention? A Look at The Doha Declaration On WTO’s (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health
The World Trade Organisation And Ministerial Conferences
What Is WTO And How Did It Come About? Basically, The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by most of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. This majorly aims at … Continue reading The World Trade Organisation And Ministerial Conferences
Most Favoured Nation Principle ( MFN ); Challenges And Opportunities
GATT Article I on MFN The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed following the Marrakesh Agreement which basically converted the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into the WTO. Most Favoured Nation Treatment (MFN) broadly covers the nondiscrimination in international trade and is one of the core rules that hold the World Trade Organization together. The … Continue reading Most Favoured Nation Principle ( MFN ); Challenges And Opportunities
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