By Ashwini Tallur, National Law University Jodhpur

PART I

We all realize the importance of trade and commerce and most of us are aware of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations[1], formed in 1995. The WTO...

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Sports...

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