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Kingdom of saudi arabia and the wto this page gathers key information on the kingdom of saudi arabia s participation in the wto.
Wto qatar saudi arabia. 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. 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 kingdom of saudi arabia has been a member of wto since 11 december 2005. The ruling finds saudi arabia breached international law by actively supporting the operation of a private tv station while dismissed five charges filed by qatar related to the boycott happened in 2017.
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. 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. The case involved a dispute escalated by qatar regarding the implementation of the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights trips. Wto had issued a report on the case between saudi arabia and qatar.
The world trade organization wto issued a report on tuesday stating that saudi arabia s actions against qatar were within its rights. Qatar claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with. The world trade organization wto has ruled that saudi arabia s actions against qatar are justified to protect its security interests in accordance with the wto s rules official saudi press agency reported on tuesday.