Trade truce
It was neither a victory for the North nor a defeat for the South. Environment took centrestage as the main bargaining chip, but the discussions …
India seeks permanent solution on fisheries subsidies, public stockholdings ahead of WTO meet
Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How global and local experience would play out in WTO top job
Okonjo-Iweala would be in a position to use her multifaceted experiences to energise the WTO’s 164 members to work harder to achieve the …
Will a new and ‘improved’ WTO be in India’s interests
The World Trade Organization needs an overhaul, but the reform will leave even less space for developing nations
TikTok, Microsoft: Govt agendas are driving businesses. Here is what can be done
To ban access of foreign companies, and expect domestic companies and the government to profit profit directly from it, is a dangerous line to cross
How to counter Trump on trade tariffs and climate inaction? Impose carbon charges on US imports
Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs
What drives innovation?
The new Intellectual Property Rights policy is based on a tenuous premise that having more IPRs will result in more innovation
Doha endgame at Nairobi
WTO has buried the development mandate of the Doha round, with India failing to pull its weight at the ministerial meeting
EU blocks WTO probe into banana import tariffs
EU loses banana war at WTO
Meaty tales of vegetarian India
Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …
Dummy’s guide to how trade rules affect access to COVID-19 vaccines
The WTO is considering whether to temporarily waive certain rules about TRIPS, to allow more countries access to vaccines, drugs needed to …
Stop all trade talks during COVID-19: Civil society to WTO
Instead, refocus on access to medical supplies and saving lives, they urge
Geopolitics of Europe and the Iron Law of Evolutionary Biology
Any alternative to the current European Union is the grand accommodation of either France or Germany with Russia
News 360°-Brief
Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa represents a key bloc within the WTO and accounts for nearly 27 per cent of membership and 35 per cent of members from developing countries
A possible Indo-US trade agreement would be an imperialist attack on India’s farmers
Such a deal will have repercussions on our agricultural production and economy
Global civil society organisations support India’s stand at WTO
Support comes just before WTO’s Nairobi meet in December
WTO trumped by America
WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …
WTO Ministerial Conference: India objects to agriculture draft text
India believes that some members are pushing for an accelerated phasing out of agriculture export subsidy
Trans Pacific squeeze
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a mega trade deal that closes the doors for India's trade options
A new world order taking shape
Proponents have turned their backs to the idea of unfettered global trade; how will new globalisation rules take shape in a climate-risked and war-…
Coronavirus vaccines: Tech transfer is the new mantra
A tech transfer hub for mRNA vaccines is being set up in South Africa, a first for the continent; but will the pharmaceutical companies play ball?
TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, meds just got tougher after US support
Biden administration wants text-based negotiations on a waiver limited to vaccines but no one is complaining
Nigeria’s WTO candidate gets Africa’s backing
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a candidate contesting for director-general at the World Trade Organization, has worked for 25 years at the World Bank &…
