Developing nations need to ensure growth reaches women, MSMEs: WTO Deputy Director-General Xiangchen ZhangAt the ongoing WTO Public Forum in Geneva on Wednesday, WTO Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang said development goes beyond special an...
14 Sep, 2023, 01.17 AM IST
WTO chief warns world edging into 'global recession'"I think a global recession. That's what I think we are edging into. But at the same time, we have to start thinking of the recovery. We ha...
27 Sep, 2022, 03.08 PM IST
Used peace clause to provide excess support to rice farmers: India to WTOSubsidies over and above the prescribed ceiling are seen as trade distorting. The limit is fixed at 10 per cent of the value of food produc...
01 Apr, 2022, 10.55 PM IST
Civil society asks PM to reject WTO dealThe letter - whose signatories included Mumbai's Forum for Medical Ethics Society, National Working Group on Patent Laws and WTO, and Karna...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
India to pitch for permanent solution for food security in WTO meet: OfficialIndia will pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding for food security purposes in the forthcoming meetin...
17 Nov, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
India voices concern over US' forced labour proposal amid subsidy talksLinkage of labour with fisheries negotiations also raises systemic issues about linking human rights to trade laws, which has been an unres...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
India's MSP operations are WTO-compliant: Piyush GoyalUnder the global trade norms, a WTO member country's food subsidy bill should not breach the limit of 10 per cent of the value of productio...
09 Feb, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Used peace clause to provide excess support to rice farmers: India to WTOIn a notification, India has informed the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that the value of its rice production was USD 43.67 billion in 201...
02 Apr, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
Key WTO members to meet in Davos to discuss reform measuresThe meeting move assumes significance in the backdrop of growing protectionism in the global trade, hurting the confidence of the WTO.
23 Jan, 2019, 04.12 PM IST
Preparing agenda for WTO; likely to be discussed in Davos: Suresh PrabhuKey trade ministers from countries including from India would meet next month on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Summit at Davos ...
23 Dec, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
India calls for changes in WTO to transform world economySuresh Prabhu said that the global trade has benefitted all the nations in terms of creation of jobs and promoting economic activities.
25 Feb, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
WTO talks on brink of collapse on food security issueWith the US not participating in the negotiation on the crucial issue, which the 11th ministerial is mandated to deliver, talks will collap...
13 Dec, 2017, 12.48 AM IST
WTO ropes in Alibaba’s Jack Ma to promote e-commerce talksMa’s recently established Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) has been roped in with the objective of reducing barriers and making it ea...
12 Dec, 2017, 12.30 PM IST
Government "concealing truth" about Indo-US deal on food security: Congress"The government is guilty of concealing the truth, its claim of victory is hollow and surprising," former Commerce Minister Anand Sharma sa...
14 Nov, 2014, 08.41 PM IST
Congress slams Narendra Modi, BJP for 'misleading' people on the WTO issueCongress today launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of "misleading" people on the WTO issue.
09 Aug, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
- India, Brazil protest seizure of generic drugs by Dutch
India and Brazil have expressed their deep concern over the public health implications of the seizure of generic drugs in transit by Europe...
11 Mar, 2009, 02.53 AM IST
- Let's forget Doha talks jolt and move ahead: Lamy
World Trade Organisation director general Pascal Lamy has warned that while deadlines have been missed before, the magnitude of a failure o...
28 Sep, 2006, 02.37 AM IST