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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...
Global trade at crossroads: Panel calls for WTO reformPascal Lamy suggests the US has effectively withdrawn from the WTO, as experts at a CUTS International roundtable emphasized the urgent nee...
Leaders emphasise support for WTO, rule-based international tradingThe WTO stressed the need for a rule-based multilateral trading system amid rising geopolitical and economic tensions. At an informal minis...
International community fails to provide adequate funding for climate & biodiversity: Indian trade policy expert Pradeep MehtaAt CUTS International's 40th anniversary, trade policy expert Pradeep Mehta criticized unilateral trade and environmental measures while hi...
‘G7 could decide to further de-risk its economies from China, which can benefit India'"Moving these production facilities out of China would benefit Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia — but there would also be a huge oppor...
India to oppose negotiating mandate for non-trade issues at WTO ministerialIndia is engaging with the EU on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and preparing the domestic industry to comply with the norms...
Navigating the trade and environment nexus: A call for actionable equitable policiesAs the global community grapples with climate change, plastic waste, biodiversity loss, and pollution, the need for a balanced approach tha...
Social justice should be integral to Global South: CUTS InternationalWhile panelists agreed that the world is still reeling from the shock of covid-19, the impacts of climate change, armed conflicts and geopo...
At COP28, India needs to flag misconception that exports, imports add to global carbon emissions: GTRIOn CBAM or carbon tax, a kind of additional import duty, the report said that India must underscore how the CBAM potentially undermines the...
G20 Delhi Declaration: WTO reform, discouraging protectionism, mutually supportive trade and green policiesThe G20 reiterated their commitment to reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) and resolving disputes. They emphasized the need to avo...
India keeping tabs on WTO pact for plastic pollutionOfficials said India's per capita usage of plastics is low and the country has already banned single-use plastic and that Multilateral Envi...
The death of the WTO has only been delayedFor the WTO to reclaim relevance — and the faith of the developing world — it will in the future need to codify China’s new status.
Big climate change job awaits WTO - if it can step upFew doubt that trade matters to climate change. While national emissions-cutting pledges grab headlines, the reality is that the world's to...
Is India recalibrating its approach towards FTA negotiations?There are early signs that India may be recalibrating its approach towards PTA negotiations. The direction in which its trade policy tilts ...
UNCTAD calls for climate waiver, peace clause for developing nations’ trade-related green measuresMost of the developed economies like Australia, Canada, European Union, Germany, Japan, and the United States, have higher carbon dioxide e...
We won't like environment issues at WTO: Commerce minister Suresh Prabhu"There is a separate protocol for environment. WTO deals only with trade issues," Commerce minister Suresh Prabhu said.
- Fishermen cry foul over proposed WTO sops
The proposed WTO provisions on fisheries’ subsidy would seriously affect the livelihood and well-being of traditional fishermen in the coun...