Experts flag UK-India FTA over patent terms, access to drugsConcerns are mounting in India over the UK-India Free Trade Agreement's potential impact on access to affordable medicines. Experts fear th...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
India needs to be careful after US-Vietnam deal: ExpertsIndia must exercise caution in trade negotiations with the US, considering the terms of the US-Vietnam trade deal. The new pact imposes a f...
03 Jul, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Tariffs will lead to bilateralism: ExpertsThe Trump administration's reciprocal tariff policy may drive affected nations towards bilateral trade deals and exploring global supply ch...
04 Apr, 2025, 12.01 PM IST
Delhi to seek easier entry for dentists, nurses, CAs into UAEAn MRA is a pact where countries agree to recognise each other's professional qualifications and enable easy movement across borders. The I...
14 Jun, 2023, 11.46 PM IST
IPEF Talks: Civil society flags lack of transparencyAhead of India hosting a special negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) next month, the civil socie...
28 Jan, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
WTO working on limited IPR waiver for Covid jabsIndia and South Africa had in 2020 proposed a comprehensive waiver of certain provisions of copyrights, industrial designs, patents and pro...
17 Mar, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
WTO's TRIPS Council to discuss revised proposal of IPR waiver to deal with COVID-19The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
23 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
COVID-19 pandemic to hit MSME exporters more: Trade expertsThey said the magnitude of the impact on MSME exporters can be gauged from the statement of the WTO which has projected that global trade i...
09 Apr, 2020, 04.37 PM IST
Over 200 economists, academicians ask government to release NSSO data, reportsThe economists and academicians who issued the statement, include A Vaidyanathan and Abhijit Sen (former members of erstwhile Planning Comm...
21 Nov, 2019, 09.57 PM IST
India asks WTO to set up panel against US for imposing high import duty on steel, aluminiumIndia took this decision after both the countries failed to resolve the issue in a bilateral consultation process under the dispute settlem...
20 Nov, 2018, 04.29 PM IST
US blocking appointment to key WTO body, Trump may soon be the only winner in any trade disputeUS has been preventing vacancies in the Appellate Body from being filled, which has badly affected its functioning even as disputes continu...
06 Mar, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
Prior to WTO ministerial meet, developing countries seek clarity in processes, talksIn a submission to the WTO, they said the process leading to, during, and after the ministerial conference must be predictable and reflect ...
09 Dec, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
India to set up four think tanks to get help on trade talksThe Department of Commerce is setting up four centres — for trade and investment law, trade promotion, regional trade and capacity building.
08 Jun, 2017, 01.52 AM IST
A 'positive and solid' difference awaits exports in 2017The minister's optimism came against the backdrop of a positive growth recorded by the exports in the last three months.
18 Dec, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
India not worried about US downgrading IPR regimeThe government is not worried by the US Trade Representative’s decision of an ‘out of cycle’ review of India’s intellectual property (IP) r...
01 May, 2014, 10.26 AM IST
- US stand likely to hold up Doha progress
Unless the world’s largest economy, which is still to recover fully from the economic downturn, gives some indication of its stand, there i...
24 Jan, 2011, 05.44 AM IST
- India wants agriculture in centre stage of WTO talks
India will not open its cards on offering market for industrial goods in the WTO talks unless the rich nations come upfront with their offe...
16 Sep, 2007, 11.47 AM IST