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India eyes preferential market access in US trade push, highlights strong growth position: Piyush GoyalIndia is actively pursuing preferential access and the best possible trade deal with the United States. Union Minister Piyush Goyal highlig...02 Apr, 2026, 08.25 PM IST- 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
- Delhi moves to ratify WTO fish pact, seeks cushion for developing nationsIndia is ratifying the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, advocating for stricter rules for nations historically providing high subsidie...25 Sep, 2025, 12.33 AM 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
- India pitches for per capita subsidy formula at WTO to protect poor fishpeopleIndia is advocating for a per capita-based approach to fisheries subsidies at the WTO, highlighting the vast disparity between the high sub...10 Dec, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
- Fish talks at WTO unfair, unbalanced, say small scale fishersFisher organisations from multiple countries express concerns about unfair restrictions on small-scale fishers in developing countries in o...17 Jul, 2024, 08.33 PM IST
- Want to stop climate change? Leave the fishes aloneThe intricate relationship between climate change and ocean ecosystems was the subject of recent collaborative research - led by researcher...19 Feb, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
- WTO talks on fisheries subsidies is as chaotic as a fish marketEfforts to move from a consensus-based decision making to a voting system at the WTO is not good for global fish trade.03 Feb, 2024, 09.56 AM IST
- India asks WTO to weigh carve-out for poor fishing nationsWhile recognising the fact that such access arrangements can help some members generate revenues, especially in some developing countries, ...20 Jan, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
- G20: Goyal calls to end new trade barriers like vax differentiation, Covid passportsPitching for free flow of health services to make them accessible and more affordable at the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting i...12 Oct, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
- WTO director-general to visit India soonAt the WTO, India has been pushing for the food security programmes aimed at developing and poor countries to be allowed without any limits...07 Oct, 2021, 06.26 AM IST
- World Trade Organization DG may visit India ahead of December ministerial meetThe 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO will take place from November 30-December 3, 2021.06 Oct, 2021, 02.16 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
- India seeks fair WTO pact on fish subsidies, says limited S&DT inappropriate, unaffordable, unacceptableSpeaking strongly for the rights of developing countries at the ministerial meeting of the WTO on the crucial fisheries subsidy negotiation...15 Jul, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
- India seeks provisions to check harmful fishingThe push was made in the first of the six clusters of fish subsidy talks held last week at WTO, aimed at securing a global agreement on red...24 Jan, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
- Marine life dipped by 50% in 40 yrsHalf of the world's marine population (49%) has disappeared between 1970 and 2012. This is seen by experts as a plunge to the “brink of col...17 Sep, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
- EU to shut down industrial bluefin tuna fishing earlyThe European Commission said on Friday it would close the industrial tuna fishing season early, provoking a wave of protest from Europe's l...14 Jun, 2008, 05.06 AM IST
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