World Trade Organization

As global temperatures rise 2 degrees Celsius or more above pre-industrial levels, the country's chapati challenge is only going to become more urgent

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and reiterated India's support for strengthening the multilateral trading system

Government officials said India may not agree with the proposal as it will restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns

India will make a pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security in the WTO meet in Geneva starting June 12, an official said.

'WTO's priority must be to revive world economy, sustain post-pandemic growth'

The WTO's 164 members on Friday discussed the 'outcome document' that stems from months of negotiations between the main parties - the United States, the European Union, India and South Africa

India's Permanent Representative T S Tirumurti pointed out that "oil prices are skyrocketing and there is shortage of food grains and fertilisers" disproportionately impacting the developing countries

Indonesia last week banned the export of crude and refined palm oil amid global shortage of the edible oil

The Finance Minister said she voiced her concern that countries like India which have potential for floating its agricultural produce, particularly cereals, have faced difficulties with the WTO

The move may violate 2013, 2015 vows and can risk drawdown in wheat inventory

Report from global trade watchdog said the Russia-Ukraine conflict, now in its seventh week, has damaged the world economy at a critical juncture as the pandemic continues to weigh on recovery

India has suggested to convene a meeting under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss the role of e-commerce during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic

India should not agree to any text until it has been fully vetted and endorsed by technical experts: RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM)

The Ministry of Commerce criticized the Biden administration for saying it is developing new ways to deal with Chinese trade tactics

As cumulative experience should teach us, fuzzy approaches have costs, so the homework has to be done before signing of contracts, not after, writes T N Ninan

Top US lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to initiate a litigation process at WTO against India subsidising its farmers over half of the value of production for wheat.

She said there is a lot of work to be done in order to strengthen the trading systems

DG calls for urgent need for multilateral outcome on IP waiver and other issues

Rescuing the liberal state from failure requires engagement with traditional institutions,not their ostracism

WTO ruling is an opportunity to reform the sugar sector