Advocate, The High Court of Odisha, Cuttack, India
Online published on 1 March, 2021.
The Law of International Trade and business is to regulate the relationship between the individuals and groups in a society pertaining to their trade-related activities as carried on between them in order to protect their economic interest. The laws as laid down are binding on the parties and privies and any disobedience or non-observance of the same entails punitive action against the offender. In our consumer-centric society, International Commercial Law deals with every kind of mercantile transactions that took place between nations in their international sphere. The efficiency and importance of such law in its uniform characteristics are keenly felt in the present-day economy where domestic and foreign policies play a very vital role in conducting international business. It enables regulation as required for the execution of International Transactions involving more than one Nation. Every Nation has its own set of laws and guidelines for regulating their business both in the domestic and international spheres. In order to smoothen the trade-related activities, the nation's enter into many treaties and agreements in accordance to their general rule and customs. And the most important aspect of international law is Jurisdiction. WTO is the acronym for World Trade Organization. The WTO came into being in the year 1995 and was created after culmination of long tense negotiations which took place under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO provided a multilateral platform which enables the government to negotiate rules of international trade. It is also a place for settling trade disputes between the member Countries.
Contracts, International Trade Law, TRIPS, WTO, GATT, International Trade Disputes, Jurisdictions, International Treaties - Covenants