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...
Key WTO members to hold virtual meet tomorrow to discuss reform measures, response to pandemicIssues like the WTO's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, proposed pact on fisheries subsidies and reform measures will figure in a virtual ...
India to push for TRIPS waiver on Covid drugs at WTOIndia and South Africa, supported by 64 WTO members, want the TRIPS waiver proposal to be part of the pandemic response but the European Un...
WTO General Council discusses India's call for holding virtual ministerial meet on pandemic responseIndia on December 23, 2021 sent a letter to the General Council Chair to hold a virtual ministerial meeting on the response of WTO (World T...
India asks for virtual WTO meet on Covid response, TRIPS reliefLast month, the WTO postponed indefinitely its in-person twelfth ministerial conference (MC12) that was to be held from November 30 to Dece...
India seeks emergency meeting of WTO's General Council to discuss COVID packageWTO is a 164-member multilateral body which formulate rules for global exports and imports and adjudicates disputes between two or more tha...
WTO's big conference postponed due to new Covid variantWTO hoped the four-day gathering in Geneva would breathe new life into the crippled organisation, which has been stuck for years trying to ...
Sitharaman meets top WTO official in US amidst India's push for IPR waiver on COVID-19 vaccineThe meeting assumes significance as India along with South Africa has been pushing for a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights o...
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, ...
Failing to ensure wider access to COVID vaccines could undermine global eco recovery: WTO reportThe Director-General's mid-year report on trade-related developments presented to members on Thursday calls on WTO member countries to ensu...
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...
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...
India and S.Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug productionIn their letter dated Oct. 2 the two countries called on the global trade body to waive parts of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of ...
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 ...
Trade multilateralism need to be sustained in post Covid world: Think-tankDrawing from the historical role that multilateralism has played in fostering global peace and stability, Rohinton Medhora, President of Ca...
WTO sees sharp fall in trade, calls for global solutions to tackle COVID-19 crisisWTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo said cross-border trade and investment flows have a role to play in efforts to combat the COVID-19 pan...