Emerging Paradigm of WTO for the Trade and IPR Growth of Afghanistan: A Legal Discourse               

Authors: Sayed Mahdi Sadat Nasiri, Student of American University of Afghanistan

Best Citation – Sayed Mahdi Sadat Nasiri, EMERGING PARADIGM OF WTO FOR THE TRADE AND IPR GROWTH OF AFGHANISTAN: A LEGAL DISCOURSE, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 321-328, ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

WTO membership has always been a key component of Afghanistan’s overarching strategic goals. Joining the WTO was seen as a chance for a post-conflict, landlocked, and least-developed economy to create economic stability, enhance regional security and cooperation, reduce poverty, and bring about peace. Afghanistan has been trying to join the multilateral trading system for eleven years. The article analyses the advantages and disadvantages of Afghanistan’s WTO membership while seeking to explain the difficulties that would arise after accession. Afghanistan’s development priorities will be met by the terms and conditions of its WTO membership. Among them include promoting domestic reforms for the country’s transition to a prosperous market economy, luring capital, and job-generating investments. The study employed a doctrinal method of research and was limited to the accession of Afghanistan to the WTO.

Keywords:WTO, TRIPS, Accession, role of WTO in Afghanistan, trade and service