India should adopt dual-track trade strategy at WTO, say expertsExperts suggest India adopt a dual-track trade strategy. This involves defending World Trade Organisation rules while selectively joining p...
06 May, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
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...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
India opposes China-led investment pact in WTOIndia has strongly opposed the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement. Minister Piyush Goyal stated its incorporation ...
28 Mar, 2026, 11.06 PM IST
Sharp divide over e-commerce moratorium on customs duties in WTO: GTRIA significant rift has emerged at the WTO ministerial conference in Cameroon over the e-commerce moratorium on customs duties, with the US ...
28 Mar, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
WTO DG calls meeting with Piyush Goyal 'tough', discusses e-commerce moratorium & investmentWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala described her meeting with India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as "very tough" amidst ongoing W...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
Turkiye lifts objection to IFD pact incorporationTurkiye has removed its objection to the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development agreement becoming a plurilateral pact within th...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
At WTO meet, Piyush Goyal says plurilateral agreements must not be imposedIndia urged consensus on WTO plurilateral outcomes and careful reconsideration of the e-commerce duty moratorium. The US wants the moratori...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
Permanent solution on public stockholding critical, India supports investment flow initiatives into poorer nations: GovtAs India takes the stage in Cameroon for the pivotal WTO MC14 conference, it plans to prioritize food security and bolster the position of ...
25 Mar, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
India, 39 others raise concerns over China-led investment pact proposalMany nations are voicing concerns at the World Trade Organisation. A China-backed proposal for investment facilitation is facing opposition...
23 Mar, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
India rejects China-backed WTO investment facilitation proposalIndia has strongly opposed a China-led proposal at the WTO for an investment facilitation agreement, citing systemic and legal concerns. Ne...
23 Oct, 2025, 12.51 AM IST
WTO chief urges India to back China-led investment pactWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged India to support the China-led Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) agreement, ...
03 Jun, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Send signal to investorsWhile countries can better their investment-facilitation frameworks unilaterally, 125 countries see value in anchoring their efforts in sha...
04 Nov, 2024, 11.12 AM IST
India's move to block China-led investment facilitation pact in WTO promotes multilateralism:ExpertsIndia's move to block a China-led investment facilitation pact at the WTO ministerial meeting promotes multilateral agreements. The agreeme...
03 Mar, 2024, 06.50 PM IST
India, South Africa block China-led investment facilitation pactIndia and South Africa's objection to China's investment facilitation initiative at the WTO affects developing countries including the Leas...
29 Feb, 2024, 12.52 AM IST
Avoid backing investment facilitation at WTO meet, Swadeshi Jagran Manch cautions governmentSJM has also cautioned the commerce and industry ministry from making any statement at the WTO mini ministerial on the contentious issue of...
19 Mar, 2018, 12.02 AM IST
India urges WTO to include new issues on the agenda only after consensusBefore the inclusion of certain contentious issues like Trade facilitation agreement in services and e-commerce, India wants these issues t...
17 May, 2017, 08.00 PM IST
India not for discussing investment facilitation issues at WTOThe issue was listed on the agenda of a meeting of the General Council, the highest decision making body of the World Trade Organization (W...
14 May, 2017, 12.16 PM IST