India alone on IFD issue as it erodes WTO’s functional limits, Bangladesh joins pactIndia has taken a firm stance at the World Trade Organization. The nation chose not to join the Investment Facilitation for Development Agr...
India opposes China-led investment pact in WTOIndia has strongly opposed the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement. Minister Piyush Goyal stated its incorporation ...
Sharp divide over e-commerce moratorium on customs duties in WTO: GTRIA significant rift has emerged at the WTO ministerial conference in Cameroon over the e-commerce moratorium on customs duties, with the US ...
Turkiye lifts objection to IFD pact incorporationTurkiye has removed its objection to the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development agreement becoming a plurilateral pact within th...
Consensus key to include plurilaterals, careful reconsideration of ecomm moratorium: India at WTO MC14India urged consensus-based integration of plurilateral outcomes into the WTO framework, cautioning against additional obligations for non-...
Permanent solution on public stockholding critical, India supports investment flow initiatives into poorer nations: GovtAs India takes the stage in Cameroon for the pivotal WTO MC14 conference, it plans to prioritize food security and bolster the position of ...
India, 39 others raise concerns over China-led investment pact proposalMany nations are voicing concerns at the World Trade Organisation. A China-backed proposal for investment facilitation is facing opposition...
India to pitch for strengthening WTO at upcoming ministerial: OfficialsIndia will advocate for a stronger World Trade Organization at the upcoming ministerial conference in Cameroon. Discussions will focus on g...
Emergency twist: When Indira’s fiercest critic JP was fighting for life in hospital, Gandhi "quietly" did this, and it shocked everyoneDuring the Emergency in India, Indira Gandhi secretly offered Rs 90,000 to her critic, Jayaprakash Narayan, for medical treatment. Narayan,...
WTO chief urges India to back China-led investment pactWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged India to support the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) agreement, ...
Lost some trust at MC13, will work to deliver on investment pact: Reappointed WTO DGNgozi Okonjo-Iweala has been re-appointed as Director General of the World Trade Organization for a second term starting September 2025. He...
China's investment facilitation proposal beyond scope of WTO: IndiaIndia opposes China-led IFD, a non-trade issue beyond WTO. It wants to terminate the moratorium on taxing e-commerce transmissions, a key f...
China-led proposal on investment facilitation has systemic concerns for WTO, say expertsThe four-day meeting of trade ministers of the 164-member global trade rule-making body WTO begins on February 26 at Abu Dhabi, UAE. MC is ...
India objects to proposal on China-led investment facilitation at WTO: OfficialThe issue will figure in the Ministerial Conference (MC) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Abu Dhabi. The four-day meet will start f...
India strongly objects to pushing talks on investment facilitation at WTOIndia has strongly objected to efforts of certain countries to push a proposal on investment facilitation at the WTO, saying the agenda fal...
- IFDs to trigger EU investments in India
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has set up investment facilitation desks (IFDs) across the four metros to trigger European Union (EU) investme...
- Commerce dept sets up regional desks to boost EU trade
In a bid to promote greater investment from the European Union (EU) to India, investment facilitation desks (IFD) have been established at ...