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The World Trade Organization is having a midlife crisisBut now the WTO is all washed up. Like Rodney Dangerfield, it gets no respect. Its two biggest economies — China and the United States — ar...
- Vaccinating billions means finding ways around a patent impasse
A patent gives a drugmaker exclusive rights to manufacture a vaccine it developed, also providing it the power to charge a price that cover...
- India and South Africa revive multilateral talks on ecommerce
The proposal aims to counter the initiative by certain WTO members to frame global rules on digital trade. “The submission has been made un...
- India extends anti-dumping duty on float glass from China
The duty on float glass of thickness between 2 mm to 12 mm of clear as well as tinted variety save green but not including reflective glass...
- Has WTO TRIPS Agreement of IPR promoted global innovation
“We need to reflect more as to how much of innovation has the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights has ac...
- Multilateralism in crisis: Can the world live without WTO?
In an age of rising protectionism and trade wars, the future for globalisation and the organisation that champions it, looks bleak.
- India extends anti-dumping duty on some Chinese products
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in a notification on Friday that the duty was earlier extended till November 30...
- Wealthy countries block COVID-19 drugs rights waiver at WTO: Sources
Supporters of the waiver say existing intellectual property (IP) rules create barriers on access to affordable medicines and vaccines and t...
- India outlines focus areas for upcoming G-20 Summit
Held in the backdrop of US poll results, the summit’s primary focus will be on countering the pandemic and pushing economic recoveries, dip...
- India extends anti-dumping duty on carbon black imports from China, Russia till Dec 31, 2020
“Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, the anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall remain in force up to and i...
- High hopes of WTO resuscitation under Joe Biden
There are expectations the Biden administration may allow appointment of new judges under the international trade body and resumption of it...
- 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...
- World Trade Organization to be led by a woman for first time
A selection committee said that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea qualified for the final round in a race exp...
- How the next WTO chief will be chosen and the task ahead
wo women, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korean and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria, remain in the running to lead the World Trade Organization, sou...
- How the next WTO chief will be chosen and the task ahead
U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policies have upended the global trading order and presented an existential threat to the WTO...
- Departing World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo gets top job at PepsiCo
Roberto Azevedo, who on August 31 will step down as WTO Director-General after seven years at the helm, will the next day become an executi...
- 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...
- 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...
- Who's bidding to be next World Trade Organization chief?
Azevedo's successor will need to steer reforms and negotiations in the face of rising protectionism, a deep recession caused by the COVID-1...
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