Tag: WTO

NEW DELHI: Senior officials of the RBI and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have made a presentation to the WTO members on reducing cost of remittances on March 25, an official said.India is pressing for the adoption of open and inter-operable payment systems like UPI, among WTO ...

On subsidies issue, developing nations took a strong position against rich countries By K R Sudhaman There are reasons for India to be satisfied with the outcome of the just concluded World Trade Organisation ministerial, the 13th ministerial conference that ended in Abu Dhabi last week. India was represented ...

Thailand is reported to have replaced its Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after India formally registered a protest over her comments on India’s PSH (Public Stockholding) programme, PTI reported on Friday (March 1).Thai Ambassador Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield had targeted India’s rice procurement programme recently. She said that ...

India will insist on first resolving outstanding matters such as public stockholding for food security at the World Trade Organisation’s four-day ministerial starting Monday before discussing other farm-related issues, demand special fishing rights for developing countries, oppose a Chinese agenda to mix investment with trade, and push for an ...

India has opposed efforts by 130 countries led by China to push a proposal on investment facilitation at the WTO on grounds that the agenda falls outside the mandate of the global trade body, a commerce ministry official said on Tuesday. The official said that China-led group is pushing ...

#Pakistan News Nothing demonstrates the crisis at the World Trade Organization (WTO) more than the rising number of unresolved disputes and the growing list of what it refers to as its members’ “trade concerns.” Since late 2019, after the U.S. blocked the appointment of new judges to the WTO’s ...

The World Trade Organization could soon rule on two cases brought against the European Union over its decision to phase out the import of unsustainable palm oil by 2030. The complaints were filed by Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's two largest palm oil producers, who slammed Brussels' Renewable Energy Directive ...

Multiple countries praised China's trading policy and its active role in supporting a multilateral trading system on Wednesday as the World Trade Organization (WTO) started the eighth trade policy review of China in Geneva, Switzerland. Russia commends China for its important leadership role in the WTO. "We highly appreciate ...

In May, India and South Africa called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily waive intellectual property (IP) rules related to COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies. The draft was co-sponsored by more than 60 countries that had warmed up to the idea. It was initially proposed ...

Waivers on intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines alone are an insufficient way to address the inequality in jab distribution between rich and poorer nations, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said. India and South Africa have officially requested that the WTO waive IP protections on ...