The textbook talks about the basic principles of the international trading system, explains the institutional aspects of the WTO along with legal issues. Of particular value is that, along with the theory and review of WTO legal agreements, the textbook contains a detailed analysis of the decisions of the WTO Appellate Body in the process of resolving trade disputes between WTO member countries. This publication offers for the first time a study of the WTO Rules in the field of protection of intellectual property rights, technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. At the end of each topic are tasks on the proposed topics, the implementation of which will help students consolidate their knowledge.