261. Intellectual Property Rights as a Key Obstacle to Russia's WTO Accession
- Author:
- Matthew Ocheltree and Sherman Katz
- Publication Date:
- 10-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Abstract:
- Russia has been in the process of seeking membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) since June 1993. Currently, the United States is the only major economic power that has yet to finalize a bilateral market access agreement with the Russian Federation. Most observers of the situation concur that the enforcement of intellectual property rights laws remains, along with agriculture, one of the two major hurdles to Russian accession to the World Trade Organization.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Economics, and International Trade and Finance
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Europe, and Asia