Pyrrhic victory

WTO rules against US tariff on Chinese, Indian goods

US had imposed a cess on steel imported from India and on various China-made goods saying their selling prices were too low due to unfair …

In praise of open-source innovation

India slams mania for patents and says open-source models work better to spur innovation

Dispensing with dear drugs

New US law to clear the decks for generic drugs (Read full article)

At a standstill

GM dispute

US and EU to battle it out

Business as usual

The EU has not learnt anything from its failure at Cancun

Red roving fowl

India, which gave the red jungle fowl, the mother of all poultry to the rest of the world, is now importing poultry from outside and destroying …

US wins poultry case against India at WTO

India has been given 12-18 months to implement steps to lift the ban; failing which it would be heavily penalised

India-US reach agreement on WTO

Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman says US now supports India’s concerns on food security

Looming threat of a secretive trade pact

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally

'Poor nations need Codex education'

Sanjay Dave, director of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), was recently elected chairperson of …

TRIPPED

On December 26, 2004, the Union government of India issued the Patents (Amendments) Ordinance, which will change the way the country does …

Twice shy?

The EU tries hard to avoid a second trade clash with the US over beef exports

WTO: a mock battle

Modified decision

Sri Lanka delays imposing a ban on GM foodstuffs

GI woe

Geographical indication debate intensifies as EU ups the ante

US not keen to trade freely

Patently hollow claims of the US

Global organisations and academics defend India’s IP laws and call for US to back off

Menacing US diplomacy

Specialist attachés are strenuously pushing maximalist intellectual property rules worldwide

‘Unhappy’ India might not block WTO protocol

But wants talks on food security to progress at the same pace as trade facilitation

Bullying tactics

UN's agricultural development agency chief reverses stand supporting India on WTO

IFAD president Nwanze says he was misquoted by media and only supported India's food security law

India's WTO stand gets support of UN agricultural development agency chief

Targeted approach to benefit the poorest rather than universalisation of food security is right way to go ahead, says Kanayo F Nwanze

Civil society questions Modi about Indo-US joint IP working group

Letter to Modi says Indian government should be wary of higher IP standards that are typically demanded by the US administration and its trade …