Beyond failure

What of the Doha round? What of the WTO itself?

In the snakepit

How negotiations on issues moved, or didn't

The China affair what it means to us

US tightens quality control on Chinese fish

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

World Trade Outcry

How inevitable was the collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization? How engineered was it? CLIFFORD POLYCARP reports from the streets and …

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

Authorities clueless Carcinogen NP in a large number of products in India.

Trade barred

Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier  

Nicaragua to nationalize oil imports

Fuel inefficient India heading towards energy crisis

Energy insecurity is India's latest tryst with her post-liberalised destiny. It began in July 2006. Crude oil prices rose to all time peak, at US $…

Global food crisis: causes and implications for India

Is there a global crisis unravelling? World food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years and the prices of most food crops are at a record high. …

SOUTH ASIA

South Asia

Thailand issues generic drug licences

New Zealand clears GM corn

EU whines in bad spirit

South Asia

Zimbabwe invites UN to conduct food-security survey

Zimbabwe pits currency against food price

US signs new energy law

South Korea breaks GMO embargo

Pesticide in China dumplings

How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong

South Asia