White House drops World Trade Organization from list of funding cutsThe cuts announced on Friday are part of a broader push by Trump and his "Make America Great Again" political movement to reduce U.S. spend...
04 Sep, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
Tariffs cause 'unprecedented' disruption to global trade rules, WTO chief saysGlobal trade under WTO terms sees a decline. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlights the largest disruption to global trade rules in decades. She ex...
02 Sep, 2025, 09.09 PM IST
US pauses financial contributions to WTO, trade sources sayThe United States has halted contributions to the World Trade Organization as part of a review of federal spending. The U.S. has already ca...
28 Mar, 2025, 06.36 AM IST
Stung by Covid, is the world embracing trade protectionism?Covid is putting globalisation and free trade through the wringer. A good crisis can be an effective stress test. But the world should reme...
22 Jul, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
Multilateralism in crisis: Can the world live without WTO?In an age of rising protectionism and trade wars, the future for globalisation and the organisation that champions it, looks bleak.
16 Jun, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
What India’s new Foreign Trade Policy can and needs to doThe new Foreign Trade Policy will need to be beefed up to help exporters combat the double whammy of Covid-19 and protectionism.
06 Feb, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
Developed nations should encourage renewable energy programmes: IndiaEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar said he will use the occasion to raise the "unfortunate" case of the US going to the WTO on the issu...
22 Apr, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
Don't commit higher education to WTO: Students urge CentreScores of students from various varsities across the country including JNU, DU, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadhavpur and Allahabad Universi...
08 Dec, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
India plans committee to ease customs norms for boosting international tradeThe trade facilitation goal requires harmony between departments like customs, shipping & ports, road transport & highways, and DGFT.
10 Oct, 2014, 03.33 AM IST
- China cuts rare earth exports for 2011
China, which supplies over 90 per cent of rare earth metals to global markets, on Tuesday announced 11.4 per cent cut in exports for the ne...
28 Dec, 2010, 04.50 PM IST
- India to give new push to Doha talks ahead of G-20
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is leaving for Geneva tomorrow and will hold a series of meetings with WTO officials including ...
18 Oct, 2010, 07.06 PM IST
- Aussie-Thai querulous over India’s sugar export sop
In times when the world is debating the extent to which the developed countries should be made to limit their farm subsidies running into b...
28 Mar, 2008, 03.23 AM IST
- Disconnect between IPCC & WTO
The report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Saturday in Spain, was a grim warning of the state of our planet.
19 Nov, 2007, 05.52 AM IST
- IMF proposes tighter controls on securities market
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) have proposed the State Securities Commission (SSC) of Vietnam to adopt measures to limit risks arisi...
06 Mar, 2007, 10.40 AM IST
- India to work for a successful conclusion of Doha round
The talks were suspended in July last year after developing countries led by India and Brazil rejected US' offer for cutting its agricultur...
30 Jan, 2007, 01.12 PM IST
- 'Rich & developing nations revive WTO talks'
The World Bank and IMF on Tuesday asked both the West and the emerging economies like India and China to intervene for reviving the collaps...
19 Sep, 2006, 01.20 PM IST
- Poll vault: Commodity lobbies reduced US' negotiating space
The US’ negotiating space in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks has been considerably reduced by its strong domestic commodity lobbie...
26 Jul, 2006, 02.38 AM IST