RESERARCH PAPER (006)
The Regional Trade Agreements: India’s Perspective
M. RAMESH
14 LL.M 09
Under the Supervision of
Dr. Mr. S. Jaswal, Asst. Research Professor
THE INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE
New Delhi
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
BOP … Balance of Payments
CA … Court of Appeal
DSB … Dispute Settlement Body
DSU … Dispute Settlement Understanding
ER … English Reports
FAO … Food and Agricultural Organization
FTA … Free trade agreement
GATT … General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GATS … General Agreement on Trade in Service
GMO … Genetically Modified Organs
HC … High Court
HL … House of Lords
HLC … House of Lords Cases (Clark)
IBRD … International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IMF … International Monetary Fund
IPR … Intellectual Property Rights
ISO … International Standards Organization
LJ Ch … Law Journal Chancery 1831-
LJKB … Law Journal King’s Bench
LR Eq … Equity Cases
MFN … Most-Favoured-Nation
OECD … Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
PTC … The Patent, Design and Trade Marks Cases
RPC … Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Marks Cases
SC … Supreme Court
SPS Agreement … Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
TBT … Technical Barriers to Trade
TPRM … Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TRIPS … The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
WHO … World Health Organization
WIPO … World Intellectual Property
Bibliography: A. Consistency of India’s Regional Trade Agreements under the Article XXIV of the GATT, 1994 Article XXIV constitutes the mainstay of legal control by the WTO over the regional trade agreements in goods entered into by its members