WTO rules against India in solar power case; favours US view
The US had dragged India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on this issue in 2014, alleging that the clause relating to domestic content requirement (DCR) in the country's solar power mission were discriminatory in nature and "nullified" the benefits accruing to the American solar power developers.
Feb 24, 2016, 22:25 PM IST
Commerce Ministry starts inter-ministerial talks on WTO decisions
The Commerce Ministry has begun an inter-ministerial exercise to assess implications of the decisions taken at the WTO's Nairobi meeting and find out the extent to which India can liberalise tariff regime, especially with regard to the farm sector.
Jan 27, 2016, 17:30 PM IST
Cabinet approves India's stand on food security at WTO
The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared ex-post facto the stand taken by India on food security at the last meeting of the World Trade Organisation held in Nairobi.
Jan 20, 2016, 16:06 PM IST
Afghanistan's WTO membership approved after 11 years of talks
Afghanistan expects to reap the benefits of the WTO membership for its post-conflict reconstruction.
Dec 18, 2015, 04:13 AM IST
WTO: India says no convergence on export competition pact
With rich countries pushing for a deal at WTO on phasing out export subsidies, India Wednesday asserted there is little convergence of views among members of the global trade body on this issue and objected to any such pact without a permanent solution to farm subsidies.
Dec 16, 2015, 23:49 PM IST
WTO meet starts; India, China press for Doha round conclusion
Trade ministers of as many as 47 countries, including India, China and several African nations, Tuesday asked the WTO members to "redouble" efforts to conclude pending issues of the long-stalled Doha Round.
Dec 15, 2015, 23:24 PM IST
Global trade talks open with call to fight poverty, diversify economies
Global trade talks opened Tuesday with host Kenya highlighting their role in combating poverty, and urging African nations to diversify their economies.
Dec 15, 2015, 22:29 PM IST
WTO sees up to $3.6 trillion boost to trade from deal to cut red tape
The benefits of a treaty that will cut red tape at borders and standardize customs procedures are much larger than previously thought and could add $3.6 trillion to annual global exports, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a report on Monday.
Oct 26, 2015, 17:19 PM IST
Centre criticised for trying to reorient education policy
All India University Employees' Confederation (AIUEC) on Monday accused the Union Government of trying to reorient education policy which, it claimed, would kill public-funded education and encourage private sector to take over.
Oct 12, 2015, 16:09 PM IST
WTO lowers global trade growth forecast to 2.8% for 2015
Multilateral body WTO Wednesday lowered its trade growth forecast to 2.8 percent from 3 percent for this year due to falling import demand and lower commodity prices in the global market.
Sep 30, 2015, 17:20 PM IST
WTO pen drive case: Govt examines DGAD stand on Taiwan imports
With Taiwan dragging India to WTO for imposing anti-dumping duty on its exports of pen drives, the Commerce Ministry will examine the issue before going for bilateral consultations at the global trade body.
Sep 27, 2015, 15:17 PM IST
EU to support medicine access for poorest countries
The European Union (EU) is proposing to grant the least developed countries indefinite exemption from World Trade Organisation (WTO) intellectual property rules for pharmaceuticals, the European Commission, EU's executive body said on Thursday.
Sep 10, 2015, 22:34 PM IST
India, US to discuss trade issues Wednesday
Issues related to WTO, solar energy and visas are expected to figure at a meeting between senior trade officials of India and the US in the national capital on Wednesday.
Aug 11, 2015, 21:12 PM IST
WTO strikes 'landmark' $1.3 trillion deal to cut tariffs on IT products
Major exporters of information technology on Friday agreed to cut global tariffs on more than 200 products, in the first such deal struck by the World Trade Organization in nearly two decades.
Jul 24, 2015, 23:22 PM IST
India should protect its own interest on ITA: NASSCOM
Nasscom Friday said there was a need to protect the country's interests in services and technology even as WTO members ratified the need to change the 18-year old Information Technology Agreement (ITA).
Jul 24, 2015, 22:58 PM IST
Efforts on at WTO for positive outcome on food security issue
Developing countries including India are making all efforts in the WTO for a positive outcome on the food security issue, parliament was informed Friday.
Jul 24, 2015, 21:35 PM IST
WTO members try to seal trillion-dollar IT trade deal
World Trade Organization (WTO) members met in Geneva on Friday trying to finalise a deal to cut tariffs on $1 trillion of information technology products from video games to medical equipment.
Jul 24, 2015, 20:27 PM IST
104 new trade-restrictive steps in Oct-May, WTO raises concern
The WTO members imposed 104 new trade-restrictive measures during seven months to May, which the world trade body said was cause of "concern".
Jul 23, 2015, 21:32 PM IST
World trade registers modest growth in Jan-Mar of 2015: WTO
World trade grew by a modest 0.7 percent during January-March quarter of this year, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said.
Jun 25, 2015, 18:27 PM IST
Slight deceleration in trade restrictive steps in G-20: WTO
The G-20 economies witnessed a "slight deceleration" in application of new trade-restrictive measures, with average number of such steps imposed per month falling to the lowest since 2013, a WTO report said Monday.
Jun 15, 2015, 23:26 PM IST
