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India's biggest trade bet comes with six red flagsIndia may be adding more trade partners, but its latest FTA report card comes with several red marks. A new study by the Global Trade Resea...
Is the world finally going to tariff big tech?The WTO failed to renew its long-standing moratorium on tariffs for e-commerce, ending a near 30-year consensus that kept digital trade dut...
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...
Extension WTO e-comm duty moratorium for longer period to give certainty to biz: Union minister Piyush GoyalIndia is pushing for an extended moratorium on import duties for digital goods transmitted across borders. This move aims to provide busine...
WTO faces new reality of global tradeThe World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference wrapped up in the wee hours Monday with no results on the key issues of agricult...
WTO fails to reach consensus on key e-commerce moratorium, reformsThe WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde concluded without agreement on crucial trade issues. Key among these was the e-commerce import du...
WTO meet concludes; no consensus on extension of e-commerce duty moratoriumWTO talks: The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to...
WTO chief hopes members will restore lapsed ecommerce duties moratoriumThe World Trade Organization chief said she hopes countries can restore the ecommerce moratorium after it lapsed during Monday talks. Witho...
WTO talks in Brazil-US deadlock over ecommerce duties moratoriumNegotiations to extend the moratorium - which is set to expire in March - by four years plus an additional buffer year to 2031 are stuck, e...
WTO MC: Members intensify talks on ecommerce duty moratorium extension at YaoundeWhile some countries oppose an extension or favour a two-year period, the US is pushing for a longer duration.
WTO talks near deal on reform roadmap amid US-India e-commerce deadlockGlobal trade ministers are nearing a World Trade Organization reform agreement, with crucial talks underway in Cameroon. A key sticking poi...
WTO members try to close gap between US, India on e-commerce tariff moratoriumNations are discussing an extension for the e-commerce moratorium. India may end its opposition to prolonging the agreement. The US seeks a...
India signals shift on ecommerce tariff moratorium, balks at US push for permanent extensionIndia signalled it may accept a two-year extension of the WTO moratorium on tariffs for electronic transmissions, despite earlier oppositio...
What is the WTO ecommerce moratorium: Everything you need to knowThe ecommerce moratorium is a global agreement among World Trade Organisation members which bans customs duties being applied to electronic...
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 ...
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...
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...
WTO's dispute settlement system should be fully functional, says Piyush GoyalIndia urged WTO members to restore the dispute settlement system's functionality, highlighting its current dysfunctionality prevents effect...
India pitches re-examination of customs duties moratorium on e-commerceIndia calls for re-examination of customs duties moratorium on e-commerce at WTO. Developing countries losing $10 billion annually. India o...
Need re-examination of customs duties moratorium on electronic transmissions: India at WTO meetIndia said that this emerging segment of the global economy holds the promise for economic development and prosperity for developing countr...