India pitches for special WTO meet to expand scope of Covid IP waiverAt a recent meeting of the General Council, New Delhi said it is not able to continue discussions at the TRIPS Council due to "hesitation f...
18 Aug, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
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...
11 Jan, 2022, 11.44 AM IST
India seeks emergency meeting of WTO's General Council to discuss COVID packageWTO is a 164-member multilateral body which formulate rules for global exports and imports and adjudicates disputes between two or more tha...
03 Jan, 2022, 03.08 PM IST
WTO talks on Trips waiver from June 30At the informal meeting of the Trips Council on Thursday, it was also decided that other issues such as duration and implementation of the ...
18 Jun, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
China, Ukraine and New Zealand back India and South Africa's IPR waiver joint proposal on Covid medical productsTheir support comes after the US agreed for text-based negotiations and joined the co-proponents of the initiative to waive certain provisi...
01 Jun, 2021, 08.00 AM IST
TRIPS waiver for COVID-19: WTO chief urges proponents to submit revised proposal soon to start talksThe agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
07 May, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
118 European MPs ask EU to lift opposition to TRIPS waiver proposal for accessible vaccinesThis call comes in view of the European Council meeting on Thursday and the crucial decision to be made by all Member States at the WTO Gen...
25 Feb, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
US, EU block India's fight for IPR waiver for Covid drugsAt the same time, several developing countries, including China, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey, have backed the proposal, which ...
18 Oct, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
India and S.Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug productionIn their letter dated Oct. 2 the two countries called on the global trade body to waive parts of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of ...
04 Oct, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Breather for India's compulsory licence seekers as WTO group extends moratorium on IP violationWTO members meeting as the TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) Council agreed on November 23 on a draft ministeri...
28 Nov, 2015, 01.42 AM IST
- US working to reduce trade and investment barriers with India
The United States has said it is working to reduce investment and trade barriers with India and Brazil, two of the world's fastest growing ...
11 Feb, 2012, 01.59 PM IST
- 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...
19 Jun, 2010, 12.54 AM IST
- India, China move WTO on ‘Trips plus’ West agenda
India and China have decided to rake up the issue of tough intellectual property regimes being planned by certain countries that go much be...
08 Jun, 2010, 04.00 AM IST
- India, Brazil protest seizure of generic drugs by Dutch
India and Brazil have expressed their deep concern over the public health implications of the seizure of generic drugs in transit by Europe...
11 Mar, 2009, 02.53 AM IST
- WTO panel speeds up talks on GIs
The issue of framing multilateral rules on protection of geographic indications at the Trips Council of the WTO is gathering steam.
16 Apr, 2008, 02.51 AM IST
- 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...
20 Oct, 2006, 02.54 AM IST
- India drums up support to tweak TRIPs pact
Close on the heels of introducing product patents, India has drummed up support from a number of WTO members to push for modifications in t...
06 Apr, 2005, 05.15 PM IST