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Need to balance policy to keep growth from sinking while fighting inflation: Saugata Bhattacharya“Exports have been a fairly large driver of manufacturing. My worry now is that the cost of finance in addition to high commodity prices is...- WTO's 12th ministerial conference to take place on June 12-15 in GenevaThe meet was originally scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 3 last year but was postponed in view of the outbreak of Omicr...
- WTO trade talks in disarray amid Ukraine tensions: SourcesTrade delegates now fear a June 13 meeting of trade ministers - originally slated for 2020 but twice delayed because of the coronavirus pan...
- MSF urges rich nations to accept TRIPS waiverThe appeal comes ahead of talks on TRIPS waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week. A TRIPS waiver would temporarily lift pate...
- How Budget 2022 can address duty benefit scheme challenges faced by exportersIt is expected that Union Budget 2022 would carry necessary amendments in the Customs law to provide certainty in line with the vision of t...
- Vaxxing the world is in self-interestIn the US, Britain and the EU, a booster shot is part of the regimen. Countries like India are rolling out booster shots, while others are ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- How India's Covid-hit economy can ride out the Omicron variant waveThe impact of the third wave on the economy, therefore, in our view will be lower than on earlier occasions. Moreover, once the third wave ...
- 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...
- ‘TRIPS waiver is a sub-optimal solution compared to voluntary arrangements’In a recent article, CUTS International, a global public policy research and advocacy group, maintains that the cornerstone of an equitable...
- Global goods trade hits Covid bumps as risks tilt to downsideThe supply chain disturbance which caused chaos shows no signs of abating and now the Omicron variant might worsen the situation.
- India’s FDI rules ambiguous, can be strengthened, says WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaEmphasising that vaccine access and lasting economic recovery go together, she said that WTO members will be able to build on this work by ...
- View: Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemicThe Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...
- Reforming global trade rules is tough but doable: WTO chiefThe 27-year-old global trade body, under pressure to prove its relevance, was due to have held a major ministerial meeting this week and a ...
- Vigilance, not panic, to tackle OmicronVigilance, robust testing and tracing protocols, stepping up production of vaccines and proven drugs, development of new vaccines targeting...
- 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 Inc on high alert, to keep close watch on the new strainThe next two-four weeks will be crucial in terms of how the new variant impacts health, said Naresh Trehan, chairman of industry body CII's...
- Geneva meet postponed: Key WTO ministerial meet deferredSeveral countries have imposed travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers from reaching Geneva. This is the second time t...
- 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 ...
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