Wto Qatar Saudi Arabia
On 31 july 2017 qatar requested consultations with saudi arabia with respect to measures relating to trade in goods trade in services and trade related aspects of intellectual property rights from qatar.
Wto qatar saudi arabia. On 16 june 2020 a panel established by the world trade organization s wto dispute settlement body released a 125 page report the report in respect of claims by qatar against the kingdom of saudi arabia ksa for ksa s alleged breaches of the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights the trips agreement. The case involved a dispute escalated by qatar regarding the implementation of the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights trips. Geneva brussels reuters a world trade organization wto panel told saudi arabia on tuesday it had breached global rules on intellectual property rights by failing to prosecute a pirate. With respect to qatar s claims under parts i ii and iii of the trips agreement the panel found that qatar had established that saudi arabia had taken measures that directly or indirectly had the result of preventing bein from obtaining saudi legal counsel to enforce its ip rights through civil enforcement procedures before saudi courts and.
The wto said that the comprehensive measures saudi arabia took after severing ties with qatar in 2017 have no relevance in the dispute brought forth to the organization by doha. Qatar claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with. Wto had issued a report on the case between saudi arabia and qatar. The kingdom of saudi arabia has been a member of wto since 11 december 2005.
The world trade organization wto issued a report on tuesday stating that saudi arabia s actions against qatar were within its rights. Kingdom of saudi arabia and the wto this page gathers key information on the kingdom of saudi arabia s participation in the wto. A world trade organization wto panel tuesday announced the verdict about the saudi arabia and qatar broadcasting dispute.