WTO: India to push hard for long-stalled Doha agenda in 2016A senior official said that India would now take up the issue of Doha Round as also about public stockholding for food security purposes in...
30 Dec, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman was outstanding — but WTO Nairobi meet can cause famines: M S SwaminathanSwaminathan discusses why he fears the WTO Nairobi meet could exacerbate global food insecurity, double standards over farming protection.
28 Dec, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Congress: WTO deal a blow, government must explainCongress attacked the NDA govt for agreeing to the WTO deal in Nairobi, describing it as a "huge setback" for India and other developing co...
21 Dec, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
WTO talks enter 5th day; stalemate continuesThe WTO talks entered the fifth day today as a deadlock continued over reducing farm subsidies and on providing protection to poor farmers ...
19 Dec, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
India blocking WTO? Disagree, says Sitharaman as it battles to save DohaThe developed and developing countries have been engaged in intense negotiations for the last four days and the talks went on till wee hour...
18 Dec, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
Civil society protest against inclusion of new agenda in WTOThey called for a binding LDC (least developed countries) package and that the WTO Ministerial Declaration affirms the development mandate.
17 Dec, 2015, 10.59 PM IST
Smaller groups for WTO's green room meetings likelyWTO's green room meetings may give way to smaller groupings of ministers for handling specific issues which also include the technical aspe...
15 Dec, 2015, 05.15 AM IST
Permanent solution, SSM key for India at WTO meet: Nirmala SitharamanIndia will strongly pitch for a permanent solution for food security and a tool for developing nations to protect their poor farmers from s...
10 Dec, 2015, 06.44 PM IST
Don't commit higher education to WTO: Students urge CentreScores of students from various varsities across the country including JNU, DU, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadhavpur and Allahabad Universi...
08 Dec, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
No hitch in accepting permanent solution on food security at WTO: Nirmala SitharamanEnding months-long deadlock, the World Trade Organization in November last year acceded to India's demand to remove constraints on the food...
23 Nov, 2015, 02.20 PM IST
India to seek permanent solution to food security issue at WTOModi today pitched for a permanent solution to the food security and agriculture subsidy issues at the Nairobi WTO meet, to be held later t...
29 Oct, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
Government working on internal processes to ratify WTO's trade facilitation agreementThe government is working on internal processes to ratify WTO's trade facilitation agreement (TFA), a senior commerce ministry official tod...
31 Jul, 2015, 10.03 PM IST
India, China unite on food security at WTO meet in NairobiIndia and China have joined hands to present a paper highlighting issues faced by developing countries, including matters related to food s...
30 Jul, 2015, 06.33 AM IST
WTO chief Roberto Azevedo expresses concern over slow progress for next meetAzevedo has told trade ministers from India and other countries that "political calls" will be required to reach a consensus.
05 Jun, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
WTO trade ministers to meet next month in Paris to finalise agenda for Nairobi meetingTrade ministers of about 15 countries including India, the US, EU, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and China are expected to attend this cr...
25 May, 2015, 02.15 AM IST
India concerned over pace of deciding agenda for next WTO meet in NairobiAt the meeting, India wants to bring back issues related to the long-stalled Doha round including agriculture intellectual property rights,...
12 May, 2015, 05.20 PM IST
UAE to host follow up discussions on WTO Doha RoundTrade leaders from government and private sector representing their nations will take part in the WTO Ministerial Talks in Nairobi later.
27 Apr, 2015, 04.11 PM IST