This paper analyzes the appropriate sequencing between accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) customs union and whether the latter facilitates or delays WTO accession for some member countries of the Commonwealth of...

“Trademarks are signs that identify goods or services offered on a market. Trademarks are nothing new. For example, Ancient Greeks and Romans stamped or inscribed on various groups an identifying symbol or name. Today the trademark is a way to attract the public. Consumers look at trademarks...

The transnationalization of world trade is an objective consequence of the processes taking place in the world economy at the present stage of global development. The country's participation in global value chains is mainly defined by the creation of conditions for attracting foreign...

Because international trade affects the rate of unemployment, ascending the World Trade Organization (WTO) established to improve the outcomes of trade will impact employment. By using a dataset covering 175 countries between 1991 and 2017 and exploiting the exogenous variation in the ascension...

As a result of the interconnectedness of the global economy, cross-border activities of economic operators are soaring. Their business practices are not governed by multilateral rules, but merely, if at all, by regional or national laws. As a result, they are potentially subject to over- or...

To augment the global production and distribution of Covid-19 medical products such as vaccines, drugs and other therapeutics, countries are negotiating for temporarily waiving certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement at the WTO. Depending on the conditions that would govern the waiver,...

The interpretation of schedules has been the subject of several panel and Appellate Body reports in recent years, and it is anticipated that the schedules related to information and communication technologies will increasingly be challenged before the dispute settlement body. The recent...

‘No connection!’ That may be the thought of conventional, old-fashioned thinking as to ‘literary theory’, on the one hand, and ‘WTO treaty interpretation’, on the other hand. In fact, the conventional wisdom as to how the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body must interpret...

On 15 November 2020, fifteen Asian states signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that concluded years of negotiations despite uphill geo-political issues. The agreement is likely to create a populous trade area, boosting intra-regional investment and resulting in an...

This article examines systemic issues arising from the calculation of the level of retaliation against WTO-inconsistent AD/CVD ‘measures’ by focusing primarily on two Article 22.6 arbitration cases, i.e. US – Washing Machines (Article 22.6) and US – Anti-Dumping Methodologies (Article...