India refuses to back IFD Agreement at WTO MC14, cites concerns over WTO's foundational principles: Piyush GoyalIndia took a firm stance at the WTO Ministerial Conference. The nation rejected the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement. This...
29 Mar, 2026, 05.10 PM 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
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 ...
28 Mar, 2026, 04.15 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 meet: India for stricter discipline on nations undertaking distant water fishing"India urged the members to introduce a moratorium on subsidies by Distant Water Fishing Nations for fishing or fishing-related activities ...
28 Feb, 2024, 02.04 AM IST
India making waves as WTO tries to net fishing dealIndia's influence on the new global fisheries subsidy agreement is crucial as the World Trade Organization prepares for its ministerial con...
23 Feb, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
Will pitch for 25-yr exemption at WTO from subsidy cuts for nations not into distant water fishing: OfficialJoint Secretary in the Department of Fisheries J Balaji said that in the recently concluded ministerial conference of the World Trade Organ...
24 Jun, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
From green rooms to red carpet: How WTO members defied the odds and delivered at MC12Ranging from decisions to enhance global food security to a holistic pandemic response, the Geneva Package has served as a decisive victory...
19 Jun, 2022, 12.13 AM 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
India wants WTO fish subsidies pact to be equitableNew Delhi is keen to finalise the fisheries subsidies agreement in the upcoming Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) because irrationa...
25 May, 2022, 11.52 PM 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
India opposes WTO process on fisheries sopsNew Delhi's statement assumes significance as the members of the multilateral organisation aim to arrive at a deal to curb harmful fishery ...
24 May, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
Will hear India's concerns: WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaWTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Friday said India has a strong voice in the World Trade Organization and she is hopeful of a good outcome ...
23 Oct, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Irrational subsidies, overfishing by many countries hurting Indian fishermen, says Piyush Goyal at WTOThe minister has also stated that the proposed agreement has to provide for current and future needs as the per capita fisheries subsidy gi...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.21 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 proposes limited scope of WTO panel on fisheries subsidiesThe proposal is meant to protect the sovereignty of members in their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is the boundary of the sea zone e...
08 Mar, 2021, 07.36 AM IST
- Fishermen cry foul over proposed WTO sops
The proposed WTO provisions on fisheries’ subsidy would seriously affect the livelihood and well-being of traditional fishermen in the coun...
23 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST