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The economists Harry Dexter White (left) and John Maynard Keynes (right) at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire [27]. The WTO precursor, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established by a multilateral treaty of 23 countries in 1947 after the end of World War II, in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation—such ...
A former WTO Director-General characterized the WTO dispute settlement system as "the most active international adjudicative mechanism in the world today." [ 3 ] Chad P. Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Petros Mavroidis of Columbia Law School remarked on the 20th anniversary of the dispute settlement system that ...
India; Malaysia; Pakistan; Thailand 70: Canada: Measures Affecting the Export of Civilian Aircraft: Brazil 71: Canada: Measures Affecting the Export of Civilian Aircraft: Brazil 121: Argentina: Safeguard Measures on Imports of Footwear: European Communities 123: Argentina: Safeguard Measures on Imports of Footwear: Indonesia 160: United States
The WTO urges countries such as India to cut back on agricultural subsidies, which are crucial for sustaining food security and supporting the rural economy. [ 98 ] Post-1991 economic reforms explicitly rejected the need for institutional transformation in agriculture, leading to a contraction of the role of the Indian state.
The WTO will need a different modus operandi for the new issues of the digital economy, such as AI regulation, subsidy policy, supply chain reformulation, and the scope of national security.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has reached 2% of GDP, compared with 0.1% in 1990, and Indian investment in other countries rose sharply in 2006. [18]As the third-largest economy in the world in PPP terms, India is a preferred destination for FDI; [19] India has strengths in information technology and other significant areas such as auto components, chemicals, apparels ...
The WTO Agreement on Agriculture negotiated in the Uruguay Round (1986–1994) includes the classification of subsidies by "boxes" depending on consequences of production and trade: amber (most directly linked to production levels), blue (production-limiting programmes that still distort trade), and green (minimal distortion). [3]
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (GI Act) is a sui generis Act of the Parliament of India for protection of geographical indications in India. India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Act to comply with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property ...