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Global economy is weighed down by war, uncertainty and instability, trade chief warnsWorld Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted global economic challenges, urging reform amid uncertainty. She p...- WTO meet: India to pitch for permanent solution for food security; protect interest of farmers, fishermenThe main issues in the meeting include WTO response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including patent waiver; agriculture and food security; WTO r...
- WTO meet: India to pitch for permanent solution for food security; protect interest of farmers, fishermenUnder global trade norms, a WTO member country's food subsidy bill should not breach the limit of 10 per cent of the value of production ba...
- Key pillars of WTO should be retained while undertaking its reforms: OfficialWTO reforms is one of the key issues which would figure in the forthcoming ministerial meeting. The four-day Ministerial Conference is sche...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- India for including TRIPS waiver proposal in WTO's response packageAccording to a recent UNCTAD Trade and Development report, developing countries will, by 2025, be as much as USD 8 trillion poorer because ...
- PM seeks support from G-7 nations for TRIPS waiverModi also explained India’s successful use of open source digital tools for contact tracing and vaccine management, and conveyed India's wi...
- Australia says WTO should punish Chinese economic coercionChina effectively ended imports of Australian barley in May 2020 by putting tariffs of more than 80% on the crop, accusing Australia of bre...
- 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...
- We need true vaccine internationalism: Indian Ambassador to WTOIn October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO (World Trade Organization) members on the impl...
- India to push for easy movement of healthcare pros, affordable medical goods at WTO meet todayAbout 20 trade ministers are participating in the mini-ministerial and Covid-19 response and fish subsidies negotiations are on the agenda,
- 'Trade restrictive measures amid coronavirus must be temporary, transparent'According to the joint statement, the ministers recognised the importance of facilitating essential movement of people across borders, with...
- India asks WTO members to constructively engage for permanent solution to food stockholdingAccording to statements delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the WTO, Brajendra Navnit, at the meeting of Gener...
- Wanted: New head of WTO. Must thrive under global pressure and conflictBrazilian Director-General Roberto Azevedo surprised the WTO's 164 members last week by announcing he would quit at the end of August, a ye...
- WTO: India pushes for building broadband infra, digital skills in LDCs, developing countriesThis emphasizes the urgent need to build the capacity of developing countries and LDCs (least developed countries) in areas like digital sk...
- WTO chief announces he will step down on August 31In his statement, Azevedo said that "it is a personal decision - a family decision - and I am convinced that this decision serves the best ...
- WTO prolongs shutdown, bars staff from premises over virusThe Geneva-based world trade body initially announced last Tuesday that it would suspend all meetings until March 20 after one of its staff...
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