UK’s steel curbs emerge as an early hurdle for FTA with India ahead of roll-out. Is there a way out?The UK has extended safeguard measures on select steel imports; starting from July 1, 2026, it will reduce tariff-free quotas by 60% and im...
26 May, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Weaponised dependency: Chinese mercantilism is more damaging to global trade than Trump tariffsThe recent US-China summit saw improved engagement but little progress on global economic challenges. China's trade practices continue to i...
19 May, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
India's shock absorbers are not workingIndia's external sector faces unprecedented pressure. Shock absorbers that previously aided recovery have weakened simultaneously. This inc...
19 May, 2026, 02.37 AM IST
India supplies 20% of global generic medicines; its IP rules WTO-compliant: GTRIIndia is a major global supplier of affordable generic medicines. The United States continues to pressure India regarding intellectual prop...
01 May, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
Tariff trouble: Multilateralism in the time of unilateral trade actionsA reimagined multilateral trade organisation is needed—one that is much stronger and more agile and alive to its members’ concerns than the...
28 Jul, 2025, 11.15 AM IST
View: WTO in the time of OmicronIn its correspondence to the WTO, the EU has offered the alternative solution of compulsory licensing, a flexible option already embedded i...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
India may move WTO against US on duty hikeOfficials said the US action on steel and aluminium had set a dangerous precedent, which had the potential of thwarting a rule-based tradin...
19 Mar, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
TFS proposal gets mixed response from WTO members: Nirmala SitharamanThe proposal provides a framework to address various impediments to trade in services in a comprehensive and holistic manner, she said in a...
19 Jul, 2017, 04.15 PM IST
No scope for further hike in import duty on apples: Nirmala SitharamanIn 2015-16, India's fruits imports aggregated at USD 621.19 million as against USD 644.34 million in the previous fiscal.
03 Aug, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
Import licensing regime is open, transparent: India to WTOIndia has clarified to the WTO members that its import licensing regime is open and transparent and affects only a few restricted items.
30 Jul, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
US move to put India on Priority Watch List unilateral: Nirmala SitharamanSitharaman said the report issued by the US is a "unilateral measure to create pressure on countries to enhance IPR protection beyond the T...
08 May, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Government says India’s intellectual property regime fully compliant with WTO normsIt has five focus groups: Agriculture, Investment, Innovation and Creativity, Services, and Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers. TPF has not met...
04 Oct, 2014, 01.23 AM IST
India's IPR laws fully compliant with WTO regime: DIPPBrushing aside US charges over its intellectual property rights laws, India said its rules and norms are transparent and fully complaint wi...
25 Apr, 2014, 09.01 PM IST
- Government initiates probe into alleged dumping of Chinese chemical
The government has initiated a probe to ascertain the merits of imposing anti-dumping duty on imports of choline chloride.
30 Dec, 2011, 02.49 PM IST
- FTA regime to open up opportunities for MSMEs
With the Indian economy back on high growth track and industrial output and exports picking up, the country will try to hasten the process ...
03 Mar, 2010, 07.06 PM IST
- Export subsidy hike ruled out due to WTO
Under the WTO regime, subsidy to exports was prohibited, the government would not be in a position to step up that amount in future.
15 Sep, 2006, 05.05 PM IST
- SSI need not fear WTO regime: Raje
Union Minister of Small Scale Industries Vasundhara Raje said on Saturday that the small scale enterprises in the country would have no rea...
21 Sep, 2002, 07.45 PM IST