India-Oman trade pact creates strong export push for India's textile MSMEs: GovtIndia's textile and apparel sector is poised for significant growth in Oman following the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agr...
India supplies 20% of global generic medicines; its IP rules WTO-compliant: GTRIIndia is a major global supplier of affordable generic medicines. The United States continues to pressure India regarding intellectual prop...
India stood alone to oppose IFD pact at WTO meet, won't join crowd just to look better: GoyalIndia stood alone at the WTO meeting in Cameroon, opposing a China-led Investment Facilitation for Development agreement. Commerce Minister...
Extension WTO e-comm duty moratorium for longer period to give certainty to biz: Union minister Piyush GoyalIndia is pushing for an extended moratorium on import duties for digital goods transmitted across borders. This move aims to provide busine...
Non-violation complaints under WTO's TRIPS agreement: An explainerWorld Trade Organisation members could not agree to extend a safeguard on intellectual property rules. This means the moratorium on non-vio...
WTO fails to reach consensus on key e-commerce moratorium, reformsThe WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde concluded without agreement on crucial trade issues. Key among these was the e-commerce import du...
WTO meet concludes; no consensus on extension of e-commerce duty moratoriumWTO talks: The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to...
WTO talks run overtime as Brazil, US clash on ecomm moratoriumWorld Trade Organization talks in Cameroon extended beyond deadlines. Negotiators from the US and Brazil debated agriculture and electronic...
Piyush Goyal meets UK, EU, NZ, Canada trade ministers at WTO MC14 sidelinesIndia is actively pursuing trade agreements with the EU and UK. Discussions are underway to finalize a free trade deal with the EU. The UK ...
Civil society seeks PM’s intervention in WTO vaccine negotiationsThe letter comes amid members such as the UK and Switzerland having added several elements to the text that would curb the flexibilities th...
TRIPS council to discuss Covid vaccine patents on FridayThe proposal, shared in the presence of WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala informally with the members on Tuesday, allows the product...
WTO General Council discusses India's call for holding virtual ministerial meet on pandemic responseIndia on December 23, 2021 sent a letter to the General Council Chair to hold a virtual ministerial meeting on the response of WTO (World T...
India for including TRIPS waiver proposal in WTO's response packageAccording to a recent UNCTAD Trade and Development report, developing countries will, by 2025, be as much as USD 8 trillion poorer because ...
India for early outcome of TRIPS waiver for Covid vaccine, food security at WTOAt the BRICS’ trade ministers’ meeting on Friday, he also emphasised on finding solution to the challenges of data protection and cyber sec...
Punish countries that undermine international trade pacts: UN PanelIn a report on access to drugs, the high-level panel has strongly urged the use of flexibility under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual ...
- US, EU cite safety issue in defence of piracy law
A group of developed nations led by the US and the EU has initiated discussions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on legitimacy of thei...
- India to take up bio-piracy issue at WTO meet
India’s proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for checking bio-piracy and protecting traditional knowledge will be taken up at the...