WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

US, EU oppose India's subsidy cut waiver proposal

​​​The US and EU have argued that the proposal before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – which seeks to exempt countries with national in...

India initiates anti-dumping probe against two Chinese products

The commerce ministry's investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) is probing alleged dumping of 'Hydrofluorocarbon (HF...

India begins anti-dumping probe into Vitamin C imports from China

Vitamin-C is primarily used by the pharmaceutical’s companies for production of various medicines. The product has uses also in the non- ph...

India not in position to accept uninhibited cross border data flows: Piyush Goyal

DFFT seeks to eliminate restrictions on cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, including personal information, and stori...

Govt extends anti-dumping duty for 3 months on caustic soda from China, Korea

Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) had requested for extension of the existing anti-dumping duty on the chemical imported from Ch...

It's 'China virus', not coronavirus which sounds like 'beautiful place' in Italy: Trump

Describing the November 3 election as a "matter of economic survival", Trump said that the country was doing great on economic front before...

U.S. appeals WTO ruling on its multi-billion tariffs on China

A three-person panel had ruled that Washington had not justified why the tariffs imposed after a Section 301 investigation against China we...

Staff representation of India in WTO secretariat stagnant in past 25 years

It has stated that smaller countries, with less population, have more staff in the secretariat than India, which is the world's second most...

India asks WTO members to constructively engage for permanent solution to food stockholding

According to statements delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the WTO, Brajendra Navnit, at the meeting of Gener...

India may impose anti-dumping duty on Choline Chloride imports from China, Malaysia, Vietnam

“The product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries below its normal value, resulting in dumping. The do...

Dispute panel against India’s import duties on ICT goods likely on Japan, Taiwan’s request

“The requests of Japan and Taiwan are scheduled for later this month at the Dispute Settlement Body. We can’t block their requests anymore,...

How the next chief of World Trade Organization will be chosen and the task ahead

The WTO is a members-driven organisation with decisions reached by consensus among 164 countries. Three WTO ambassadors who chair leading c...

US, EU block India's fight for IPR waiver for Covid drugs

At the same time, several developing countries, including China, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey, have backed the proposal, which ...

India imposes anti-dumping duty on phosphoric acid from Korea for five years

"The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended...

UK PM Boris Johnson says time to get ready for 'no deal' Brexit

In a statement from Downing Street, Johnson said that he was making a judgment call on the UK-EU trade negotiations as the January 1, 2021,...

China allowed Covid to spread around world, says Donald Trump

"We came together and what happened was that we then got hit by the plague (COVID-19).We were really coming together and then we got hit by...

India extends anti-dumping duty on import of a certain variety of fibre board exported from China

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies had sought for an extension of the duty on “Plain Medium Density Fibre Board of thickness 6mm and...