India open to leading WTO reforms, but seeks consensus on agenda: Piyush GoyalIndia is ready to lead World Trade Organization reforms. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated reforms must involve developing nations. Thi...
15 Nov, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
The WTO moment: Why India must lead the reform agenda for a rules-based global orderMuch has been written about the decline of the normative authority of WTO over the past decade. But there is less discourse around WTO as a...
24 Jul, 2025, 11.29 PM IST
Trade measures of G20 nations become more restrictive in recent months: WTOWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on the G20 to show leadership and contribute to economic stability and growth by unwind...
19 Dec, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
Want India's help to build consensus, conclude key deals: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO DGThe WTO is revising its trade forecast based on improved global economic prospects cited by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ngozi Ok...
07 Mar, 2023, 12.31 PM IST
Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US announces support for vaccine patent waiverHe added that the White House support for the temporary waiving IP on COVID-19 vaccines "reflects the wisdom and moral leadership of US to ...
06 May, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
Time is of essence, need to deliver on TRIPS waiver proposal in couple of quarters: Indian Ambassador to WTOThe agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
04 May, 2021, 10.26 PM IST
WTO members praise India’s GST, ease of doing business, other structural reformsNew Delhi also said it is streamlining and simplifying the overall domestic business environment even further with an aim to break into the...
08 Jan, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
China, India got lot richer but refused to take on any more responsibilities: top US Senator“No one expected the Uruguay Round to be the last global trading round. Over the last two decades, countries like China and India got a lot...
30 Jul, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Multilateralism needs momentum in post Covid world order: Suresh PrabhuPradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International, that organised the webinar noted, “Contrary to a popular belief, the World Trade Orga...
18 May, 2020, 08.07 PM IST
Government approves preferential market access in services area to LDCsIndia's preferential treatment to the LDCs in trade in services would involve a cost of Rs 6.5 crore annually on account of waiver of visa ...
09 Sep, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
WTO is close to solution, thanks to strong leadership in India: Nirmala SitharamanSitharaman said that developed countries were blaming India for the impasse at the WTO, but India convinced them about its legitimate deman...
21 Nov, 2014, 07.15 PM IST
US President Barack Obama commends PM Narendra Modi's leadership on reaching WTO agreementObama met Modi briefly in Myanmar at the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, and described him as a man of action.
14 Nov, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
Congress to raise WTO issue in Parliament on MondayAnand Sharma said that when both the Houses are in session, it becomes a question of privilege of the members to know what is the truth.
11 Aug, 2014, 03.26 AM IST
- India committed to Doha, will make it clear at OECD meet
In an indirect rebuttal to recent US allegations that India, Brazil and China were holding up an agreement at the World Trade Organisation.
27 May, 2010, 03.12 AM IST
- India ignores US blame on Doha
‘Advanced (Developing) Economies’ coined to create pressure, said Officials.
14 May, 2010, 04.16 AM IST
- USIBC lauds renewal of WTO talks
A leading US-India business body has lauded the renewal of talks at the World Trade Organisation and urged all WTO members to support a suc...
05 Sep, 2007, 08.40 PM IST
- EU asks India to open mkt for industrial goods
The European Union has asked India to be prepared for further opening up its market for industrial goods in return for a deal on agricultur...
18 Feb, 2007, 11.15 AM IST