DG can perform depositary functions: WTO tells IndiaIn response to India's questions on the legal basis by which the WTO director general is assigned the role of acting as the depositary of t...
06 Oct, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
India-US trade talks hit a plateau, with little room left to give or take, says Finance Minister Nirmala SitharamanIndia and the US are currently negotiating a trade agreement aimed at expanding market access and addressing trade balance concerns. Financ...
05 Oct, 2026, 12.53 PM IST
G20 ministers discuss curbing impact of govt-backed excess manufacturing capacities: Piyush GoyalG20 trade ministers focused on preventing unfair manufacturing practices caused by government-supported large production capacities. Discus...
03 Oct, 2026, 02.19 PM IST
Piyush Goyal, US trade envoy Greer discuss early conclusion of India-US interim trade dealCommerce Minister Piyush Goyal held a “productive discussion” with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on early conclusion of a mutually...
02 Oct, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Piyush Goyal meets EU Trade Commissioner, discusses progress on signing FTAIn a significant meeting, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal engaged with European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic to review the status of th...
01 Oct, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
US Trade Representative Greer jokes Piyush Goyal is 'trade minister for life' as G20 trade talks open in MilwaukeeUS Trade Representative Jamieson Greer opened a two-day G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee addressing key issues. During the event, ...
01 Oct, 2026, 08.52 AM IST
India, 17 others reserve right to participate in Russia's dispute with EUIndia and 17 other countries, including the US, UK and China, have reserved third-party rights in Russia’s WTO dispute against the European...
29 Sep, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
India, 17 others reserve rights to join Russia’s CBAM dispute with EU as third party at WTOArgentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Paraguay, Singapore, Switz...
25 Sep, 2026, 10.36 PM IST
India-UK trade deal: CBIC eases paperwork for UK imports seeking preferential tariffsThe CBIC has made it easier for importers to claim preferential tariffs under the India-UK trade agreement. A valid origin declaration from...
25 Sep, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
US tariffs on India: A timeline of duties, deals and reversalsIndia and United States trade saw tariff changes since April 2025. Tariffs were imposed and later rescinded due to geopolitical events. A t...
19 Sep, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
India proposes 8 guardrails in softening of stance on plurilateral pacts at WTOIndia has proposed eight safeguards for plurilateral agreements at the WTO. These safeguards aim to preserve consensus-based decision makin...
18 Sep, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
India’s billion-dollar trade juggernaut has an unwanted case of missing balanceIndia’s early FTAs promised a two-way trade highway, but 15 years later the traffic looks decidedly one-sided. Deficits with ASEAN, Japan a...
17 Sep, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
$3 trillion gain or a 10% GDP loss? WTO sounds a trade alarmThe WTO’s World Trade Report 2026 says strengthening the global trading system could lift global GDP by 2.9%, or about $3 trillion, by 2050...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.47 PM IST
India’s strategic autonomy faces a trade test as WTO warns non-aligned economies could pay a price for fragmentationIndia's foreign economic policy aims for broad trade ties. The WTO warns of rising costs in a fragmented global trade system. India's numer...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.47 PM IST
Trade fragmentation could hit poor economies much harder than rich ones, WTO warnsGlobal trade fragmentation will severely impact the world's poorest economies. Least-developed countries could see GDP fall significantly b...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
WTO cites India-EFTA trade deal as unilateral mechanism to achieve market access outcomeTrade agreements beyond the multilateral trading system can also offer examples whereby unilateral enforcement mechanisms have been tailore...
15 Sep, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
A 'Prisoner’s Dilemma' is driving the trade war & the costs could be hugeThe WTO’s World Trade Report 2026 says global trade is caught in a “Prisoner’s Dilemma”: countries have an incentive to protect their own m...
15 Sep, 2026, 03.15 PM IST