China calls for stronger trade cooperation with India after ministerial talks during WTO conferenceUnion Minister Piyush Goyal met China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao at the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference. The meeting aimed to streng...
03 Apr, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
India eyes preferential market access in US trade push, highlights strong growth position: Piyush GoyalIndia is actively pursuing preferential access and the best possible trade deal with the United States. Union Minister Piyush Goyal highlig...
02 Apr, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
Piyush Goyal defends low fisheries subsidies, seeks fair rules at WTOIndia is pushing for fair global fishing subsidy rules. Minister Piyush Goyal stated India's subsidies are very low. He urged the WTO to co...
30 Mar, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
India supports draft WTO fish declaration, says subsidised industrial fleets cause overfishingIndia backs World Trade Organization talks to limit fishing subsidies. The nation stresses that developing countries and small fishermen mu...
28 Mar, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
India seeks strong WTO subsidy rules for high seas fishingAt the World Trade Organization, India advocated for stricter regulations on fishing subsidies, highlighting the disparity between its mode...
15 Dec, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
WTO MC13 talks may get delayed one more day amid logjam on key issuesNegotiations at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 13th ministerial conference are expected to be delayed by one more day as key issues, ...
01 Mar, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
No consensus on fish subsidies at WTO talksAt the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, no consensus was reached on fisheries subsidies. India seeks special tr...
29 Feb, 2024, 08.13 PM IST
MC13: Talks stuck on crucial issues, EU, US block India proposalsNegotiations at WTO's Ministerial Conference on fish and farm subsidies are stuck. Developed countries resist developing nations' demands. ...
29 Feb, 2024, 01.05 AM IST
WTO launches second wave of fishing subsidy talksThe second stage is a follow-up to the historic agreement on fishing subsidies reached at the 12th WTO ministerial conference in June last ...
21 Feb, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
WTO: India resists plan to end fish sops in developing countriesChina, the EU and the US dole out $7.3 billion, $3.8 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, annually as fishery subsidy while India provid...
14 Jun, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
India for 25 years exemption from subsidy cuts for developing nations not into distant water fishingIt has stated that countries which have developed industrial fishing should take more obligations based on CBDR (Common But Differentiated ...
24 May, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Oppose fish subsidy withdrawal proposals at WTO, protect small fisherfolk: BMS to govtThe trade union said that it is the organised sector’s fishing which catches fish through mechanised trawlers and huge ships particularly b...
22 Nov, 2021, 03.06 PM IST
India seeks fair WTO pact on fish subsidies, says limited S&DT inappropriate, unaffordable, unacceptableSpeaking strongly for the rights of developing countries at the ministerial meeting of the WTO on the crucial fisheries subsidy negotiation...
15 Jul, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
WTO convenes key meeting of trade ministers on July 15 on fisheries subsidiesHectic negotiations are going on in Geneva on the matter. The objective of these negotiations is to discipline subsidies with the overall o...
13 Jun, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
India seeks provisions to check harmful fishingThe push was made in the first of the six clusters of fish subsidy talks held last week at WTO, aimed at securing a global agreement on red...
24 Jan, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
Fish subsidies rise 23%, but India feels it won't be an issueTamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka doled out the highest sops for fisherfolk in 2017-18.
05 Nov, 2018, 08.21 AM IST
India to resist interim ban on fisheries sopsThe 164 members of the World Trade Organization are divided over the kind of prohibitions to be put in place for the fish subsidies and som...
12 Dec, 2017, 11.27 PM IST