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WTO and the Regulation of International Trade Law

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International Trade Law has been an aggregate of legal rules of ‘international legislation’ and usages among merchants, based on bilateral relations.

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    As on February 2, 2013, available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/acc_lao_08jan13_e.htm.

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    John H. Jackson, Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law, Part of Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures, (Cambridge University Press, 2009) at 109.

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    Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_status_e.htm.

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    Available at: http://wtocentre.iift.ac.in/thematic/pdf/thematic2013/Bilateral%20and%20Regional/USA.pdf.

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    Article 23.1, Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement.

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    Available at: www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/chair_texts11_e/dg_e.doc.

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    Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/gc_rpt_01may12_e.htm.

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    Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/ag_intro02_access_e.htm.

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    Ibid.

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    The Agreement on Agriculture, World Trade Organization, 1995, Article 15.

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    Id., Article 5.

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    Implementation of para 11 of the General Council Decision of 30 August, 2003 on the implementation of para 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health [the “Decision”], WTO Doc. IP/C/41, 6 December, 2005, The Decision and Article 31bis give effect to paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration.

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    Briefing Notes, Cancún WTO Ministerial, 2003.

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    Doha Round: What are they negotiating?, available at: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/update_e.htm.

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Verma, S.K. (2018). WTO and the Regulation of International Trade Law. In: Nirmal, B., Singh, R. (eds) Contemporary Issues in International Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6277-3_17

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