WTO talks face deadlock over decision on patent waiver, fisheries subsidiesAccording to sources, India is taking global leadership on all the issues and it was at the centre of WTO negotiations. India put forth agg...
WTO seeks fish, Covid-19 vaccine deals as Ukraine war ignites trade tensionsAgainst that backdrop, the ministers will seek to conclude 20 years of negotiations to reduce fishing subsidies, forge a deal on fairer sha...
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...
India demands patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines at WTOIndia has alleged that developed countries, led by the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, were "preventing access to vacci...
Vaccine passports work against countries having no access to Covid shots: WTO chiefWTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that the body is "against using vaccine passports as barriers to movement or any kind of barrier to trad...
Covid passport, vaccine discrimination new trade barriers: India to WTO"WTO response should not only try to address the existing trade barriers like export restrictions, but also address new and emerging ones, ...
China says it will support India, SA proposal for global IPR waiver for COVID-19 vaccinesIndia and South Africa called for TRIPS waiver of certain intellectual property provisions of COVID-19 vaccines in a communication to the W...
India and US discuss revised proposal for TRIPS vaccine waiverThe focus of the revised proposal – also backed by South Africa – will continue to be ensuring “equitable, affordable and timely access” fo...
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...
Switzerland looking at 'new situation' after US backs patent rules waiver for COVID vaccinesIn October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO ((World Trade Organization) members on the imp...
Vaccine IP waiver could take months for WTO to negotiate: expertsNow that U.S. President Joe Biden has backed a proposed waiver for COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights, the next step is for the ...
Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US announces support for vaccine patent waiverHe added that the White House support for the temporary waiving IP on COVID-19 vaccines "reflects the wisdom and moral leadership of US to ...
Need to create environment for quick scaling up of global COVID vax production: Piyush GoyalHe said India and South Africa along with 57 other WTO (World Trade Organisation) members have co-sponsored a proposal for temporary and li...
World trade body chief says vaccine inequity ''unacceptable''"The idea that 70% of vaccines today have been administered only by 10 countries is really not acceptable,"WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonj...
WTO: Vaccination lag poses threat to rebounding global tradeWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called for a better access to vaccines for people in in poorer countries. Rapid development of vac...
FDI changes fully compliant with India's WTO commitments: Union Minister Som ParkashIn a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Som Parkash said in the meetings of the Council for Trade in Services under WTO held ...
India and South Africa demand waiver of certain provisions of Intellectual Property for Covid-19 therapeuticsThis statement comes at a time when the race for Covid-19 vaccine is heating up across the world. Though most vaccine makers have received ...