As per the report, besides reducing costs of trade, trade facilitation can help countries attract foreign direct investment.

"The issue of food security is central to the pursuit of poverty eradication and must be treated with the same urgency as other issues."

The Consumer Affairs Ministry is proposing to frame guidelines for protection of consumers' interest in online shopping.

'When the going is not so good, even populist schemes are not able to deliver. Regrettably, the outgoing PM Manmohan Singh was absent in th...

The Cabinet today approved the stand taken by India at the recently concluded WTO meeting in Bali which endorsed New Delhi's point of view ...

Anand Sharma, emphasised that ensuring food security for populations was a common concern shared by developing countries, including India a...

India, which is an important member of the G-33 grouping, is demanding amendments in the World Trade Organization (WTO) draft on agricultur...

India is likely to unequivocally convey to his interlocutors that India's concerns on food security are non- negotiable.

Issue of India signing a FTA in services & investments with ASEAN generated much heat in meeting of Union Cabinet following reported differ...

The Cabinet today deferred the consideration of proposals to relax foreign direct investment norms in the housing sector and to reduce the ...

The free trade agreement in services and investments between India and the 10-nation ASEAN are expected to be signed in December with a vie...

"An important issue where India is involved is food security proposal...an issue this big is not going to be fully solved in 4 weeks," WTO ...

India would proceed on any agenda of Doha Round only when developed countries including the US agree to a deal on food subsidies.

Key negotiators of WTO member-countries, including India and the US, have pitched for political intervention for a positive outcome at the ...

Early conclusion of the Doha Round should ensure that the interest of developing and least developed countries is served, the government sa...

The FTA negotiations were started in 2011. So far, four rounds of negotiations including exchange of goods offer have taken place.

In a bid to fast track talks for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India and Australia are likely to hold the next round of negotiat...