Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PhD student, Department of Law, South Tehran, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran
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Professor, Department of International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
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Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran.
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Professor, Faculty Member, Department of International Law, Faculty of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Iran
10.48300/jlr.2023.351387.2121
Abstract
Abstract
The current debate about consumer regulation in free markets centers on two hypotheses: that economic globalization erodes governments' efforts to protect consumers, and that international free trade institutions, particularly the World Trade Organization (WTO), , cannot effectively deal with the growing international mutual differences in consumer regulations. Consideration should be given to why consumer regulation is often rigid, why only a small subset of transnational differences in consumer regulation lead to trade disputes that are so difficult to resolve, and how to identify this subset. Based on this, it is trying to investigate the role of the World Trade Organization in the development of consumer rights with an analytical-descriptive method and in a library form. The findings of the research show that the World Trade Organization's concerns about consumer protection and its consequences for developing countries have prompted the said organization to fix the existing deficiencies according to the organization's regulations.
key words:
World Trade Organization, consumer, economy, trade disputes.
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