Finance Ministry caps outlay for schemes pending 16th Finance Commission approvalThe move was initiated after many ministries were not able to complete the mandatory appraisal of schemes by the March 31 deadline. The Cen...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.38 AM IST
India invokes WTO peace clause for FY25 rice subsidies for farmersIndia has once again utilized the World Trade Organisation peace clause. This is the seventh time the country has invoked this provision. I...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.24 AM IST
India is looking at preferential access to US market, says Piyush GoyalGoyal met US trade representative Jamieson Greer on the sidelines of the World Trade Organisation's 14th ministerial conference (MC14) in C...
03 Apr, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
Extension WTO e-comm duty moratorium for longer period to give certainty to biz: Union minister Piyush GoyalIndia is pushing for an extended moratorium on import duties for digital goods transmitted across borders. This move aims to provide busine...
02 Apr, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
WTO fails to reach consensus on key e-commerce moratorium, reformsThe WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde concluded without agreement on crucial trade issues. Key among these was the e-commerce import du...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
WTO meet concludes; no consensus on extension of e-commerce duty moratoriumWTO talks: The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to...
30 Mar, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
WTO members try to close gap between US, India on e-commerce tariff moratoriumNations are discussing an extension for the e-commerce moratorium. India may end its opposition to prolonging the agreement. The US seeks a...
29 Mar, 2026, 08.14 AM IST
India calls for reinvigorating discussions on development agenda at WTOIndia emphasizes reinvigorating WTO discussions on development for tangible progress, highlighting finance, technology, and food security. ...
08 May, 2024, 09.43 PM IST
India wants WTO bodies to prioritise finance access, food security, techIndia has urged for the prioritization of several key issues in discussions within the World Trade Organization (WTO), including access to ...
24 Mar, 2024, 11.32 PM IST
India against EU bringing in new issues at WTO meet via backdoorThe EU has proposed that these issues be taken up as part of reforming the multilateral trade watchdog. Many proponents are calling MC13 as...
22 Feb, 2024, 01.23 AM IST
India to insist on WTO taking its decisions via consensus, not votesIndia is set to advocate for maintaining the core structure of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which includes consensus-based decision-...
22 Jan, 2024, 10.42 PM IST
Tough task ahead to make WTO's dispute settlement system fully functional: ExpertsExperts say that achieving a fully functional dispute settlement system within the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2024 will be challengi...
10 Sep, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
India moots 34 operational changes to WTOIn a proposal circulated on Monday, which ET has seen, India presented the first list of ideas of its "30 For 30" discussions - with time f...
01 May, 2023, 11.56 PM IST
WTO's 12th ministerial conference to take place on June 12-15 in GenevaThe meet was originally scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 3 last year but was postponed in view of the outbreak of Omicr...
26 Apr, 2022, 07.44 PM IST
US moves WTO against India’s export schemes“The US on Thursday formally launched a case against us on our export subsidies. They’ve requested the DSB to establish a panel to resolve ...
19 May, 2018, 06.35 AM IST
India's digital association with WTO on the rise"The countries with the largest number of registrations are India (10%), the US (8%), Mexico (5%), China (4%) and France (4%)," the annual ...
29 May, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
- Socialist realism comes to light at WTO after 30 year cover-up
It started when a former employee of the International Labour Organisation spoke fondly of photographs taken of her with her husband in fro...
28 Mar, 2008, 08.54 AM IST