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WTO chief hopes members will restore lapsed ecommerce duties moratoriumThe World Trade Organization chief said she hopes countries can restore the ecommerce moratorium after it lapsed during Monday talks. Witho...- WTO DG calls meeting with Piyush Goyal 'tough', discusses e-commerce moratorium & investmentWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala described her meeting with India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as "very tough" amidst ongoing W...
- At WTO meet, Piyush Goyal says plurilateral agreements must not be imposedIndia urged consensus on WTO plurilateral outcomes and careful reconsideration of the e-commerce duty moratorium. The US wants the moratori...
- World Trade Organization head: Global order has irrevocably changedThe World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stated the global trade system has changed forever. She emphasized the need to look ...
- WTO says tariffs could bring contraction of 1% in global merchandise trade volumesThe WTO Director-General warns that new U.S. tariffs, along with previous ones, could reduce global trade by 1% in 2025 and potentially esc...
- 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...
- WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reappointed as Trump threat loomsNgozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed for a second term as the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with the 70-year-old Nigerian...
- WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala plans to seek second termWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has announced her intention to seek a second four-year term. The former Nigerian finance minister ...
- Not in dreamland: WTO aims for modest outcomes at Abu Dhabi meetingThe almost 30-year-old global watchdog, whose rules underpin 75% of global commerce, tries to strike deals by consensus, but such efforts a...
- WTO launching global carbon price task force - Okonjo-IwealaThe Director-General of the organisation pointed out that a global carbon price will enable a level playing field for developing countries ...
- WTO NGO Advisory appoints Indian in 12 member bodyDr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has appointed Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General of CU...
- WTO DG hails Indian public policy think tank for its four-decade long role in civil societyIndia's top public policy think tank CUTS International has been praised by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr....
- Re-not de-globalise, Minus the salty bitsReforming globalisation to ensure that benefits reach those left behind and address its discontents will require strengthening bodies like ...
- WTO chief calls for reforms in carbon pricing, tariffs to clean up supply chainsA slew of urgent reforms in carbon pricing, import tariffs and regulatory issues are needed to decarbonise supply chains in time to achieve...
- WTO chief warns world edging into 'global recession'"I think a global recession. That's what I think we are edging into. But at the same time, we have to start thinking of the recovery. We ha...
- Facing "polycrisis", WTO chief warns of rocky road to dealsWorld Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged trade ministers to go the extra mile over the coming days to achieve agreements su...
- Sitharaman meets top WTO official in US amidst India's push for IPR waiver on COVID-19 vaccineThe meeting assumes significance as India along with South Africa has been pushing for a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights o...
- In 1st day on job, new WTO chief, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, pushes for fisheries dealDirector-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian economist and former government minister, donned a mask and doled out elbow bumps — COVID-...
- Hopes for WTO momentum as new boss takes chargeThe 66-year-old Nigerian former finance minister takes the helm after the WTO was left adrift for seven months following the sudden departu...
- Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed WTO Director-GeneralOkonjo-Iweala is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and World Bank economist. The US, under the Donald Trump-administration, had blocke...
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