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Cotton duty or competitiveness? The bigger challenge facing India’s $190 billion textile industryThe government’s temporary import duty relief may ease pressure on mills and exporters, but industry experts say deeper problems in product...
Root cause: India’s spice crown under threat as quality concerns trace back to farmsFarm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.
Why India should rethink its opposition to WTO plurilateral dealsThe 14th WTO ministerial conference highlighted a divide between multilateralism and plurilateralism. India advocates for multilateralism b...
The crisis of multilateralism and the imperative of WTO reformThe World Trade Organization's role as a global commerce pillar is weakening. Imbalances and unfair practices are challenging its principle...
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 ...
India proposes “new approaches” for farm talks at WTO consistent with Doha mandateIndia urged the WTO to prioritize the development dimension of the Doha Work Programme, emphasizing mandated issues like Public Stockholdin...
Food security and agriculture issues top India’s agenda at WTO meetAt the imminent World Trade Organisation ministerial conference, India is set to bring its perspective to the forefront on critical trading...
5 key issues at upcoming WTO meet, India to play constructive role: OfficialThe World Trade Organization's ministerial conference is set to discuss key global trade issues. Topics include e-commerce, agriculture, fi...
G-33 ministers call for meaninful outcome on agri negotiations at World Trade conference in Abu DhabiAhead of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, the G-33 group, including India, has urged m...
No new issue in agri till permanent solution on public stockholding: India at a WTO meetIn a WTO meeting, Piyush Goyal put forward New Delhi's approach to the issue saying that public procurement and stockholding of food grains...
WTO meet in June: Commerce ministry to hold inter-ministerial consultations on May 18The 12th ministerial conference of the WTO is scheduled from June 12-15 in Geneva. The 164-member multilateral body frames global trade rul...
India to pitch for permanent solution for food security in WTO meet: OfficialIndia will pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding for food security purposes in the forthcoming meetin...
India prepares to counter US charges on farm subsidyThe US said it expects a “robust discussion on how India implements and notifies its policies” at the meeting of the WTO Committee on Agric...
Ministers from G10 nations discuss WTO issuesG10 is a grouping of net food-importing WTO members comprising Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Norway.
WTO meet starts; agriculture key issue for developing nationsWTO meeting today kick started here with members such as Kenya pitching for resolution of important issues like agriculture of the long-sta...
WTO skips India on food securityWTO chief Roberto Azevedo said there was a need to reconcile views in view of the stalemate and the draft has sought to touch upon the less...
- Revised Non Agricultural Market may track back WTO talks
Despite a strong reservation on the latest WTO proposals on industrial goods, India is sending its negotiating team to Geneva, where the Do...
- India unlikely to attend meeting convened by US
India is unlikely to attend a Ministerial meeting convened by US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to break the deadlock to restart the ...
- Govt constitutes 5-member GoM on WTO
Ahead of the crucial WTO ministerial meeting in Mexico next year, the government on Monday set up a Group of Ministers to expedite the coun...