Donald Trump-Xi Jinping call likely to take place this week amid fresh trade tensions, White House confirmsUS President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak this week amid renewed trade tensions. Trump has accused C...
03 Jun, 2025, 07.18 AM IST
US announces deal with China to cut trade deficit, White House says details on MondayUS and China held trade talks in Geneva. Negotiators from both countries reported progress. Scott Bessent led the US delegation. Donald Tru...
12 May, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
China, US agreed to establish economic and trade consultation mechanism: Chinese Vice Premier He LifengChina and the United States have reached several major agreements and decided to establish a new economic and trade consultation mechanism ...
12 May, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
US rejoining international anti-abortion pactThe United States, under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has announced its rejoining of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, aimed at limiting...
25 Jan, 2025, 07.06 AM IST
BRICS leaders call for two-tier dispute settlement system of WTOBRICS leaders committed to promoting a two-tier binding dispute resolution system within the WTO by 2024, rejecting unilateral trade restri...
23 Oct, 2024, 10.44 PM IST
New Delhi ready to negotiate hard on public stockholding of food and fisheries subsidies at Abu Dhabi WTO conference"Implementation of proposals in the WTO is challenging. The previous agreement to temporarily remove intellectual property rights on COVID-...
25 Feb, 2024, 08.13 AM IST
India fully protected interests of farmers, fishermen at WTO meet: Piyush GoyalGoyal, who led the Indian delegation for the WTO talks, also said that the decisions taken in the conference will further strengthen the ro...
19 Jun, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
View: Credibility of WTO rests on whether the more powerful member states can rise to the occasion in GenevaThe ministerial conference is the WTO's apex body, which has the authority to take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral t...
06 Jun, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
WTO seeks fish, Covid-19 vaccine deals as Ukraine war ignites trade tensionsAgainst that backdrop, the ministers will seek to conclude 20 years of negotiations to reduce fishing subsidies, forge a deal on fairer sha...
03 Jun, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
India hopeful of WTO accepting at least part of TRIPS waiver proposalThe proposal has sought temporary suspension of some rules under Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) pact in rela...
16 Nov, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
India bats for WHO reforms as Covid delay by China still stingsIndia has suggested strengthening of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare a global health emergency as well as the creation of a ...
24 Dec, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
Six candidates battle it out for WTO leadershipThe United States, which has threatened to leave the WTO, has blocked the organisation's dispute settlement appeal system since December, a...
08 Jul, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
India raises protectionism issue at G-20The demands are at the core of the seven issues flagged by India at a recent meeting of Sherpas, which has started work on putting in place...
08 Oct, 2018, 11.00 AM IST
No tax waiver for revealing illegal assets: Finance minister Arun JaitleyThe disclosed income will get exemption from property tax and the person will not be questioned under income tax or property tax laws.
11 Jul, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
- Key trade ministers say good basis for Doha pact this year
Leading trade ministers said there was a "sound basis" for agreeing a new global free trade pact this year amid growing fears about protect...
31 Jan, 2009, 09.12 PM IST
- Nath to visit Geneva to take WTO talks forward
WTO has swung into action to revive the stalled trade talks and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath will go to Geneva this week as part of the con...
10 Jul, 2006, 05.30 PM IST
- Consensus on WTO ministerials sought
India and other members of Like Minded Group of Countries (LMG) have in a joint paper to the WTO suggested that 'draft ministerial declarat...
21 May, 2002, 05.36 PM IST