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Member countries of Geneva-based WTO need to work together to transform the global trade body into a robust institution from just an organisation, think tank CUTS International said on Monday. The institutional inertia at the World Trade…

The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on June 17 led the Indian delegation at WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference at Geneva. Addressing the conference, he said, “We succeeded in bringing regulation for those who…

The world’s top trade ministers on Friday approved a historic package of accords -- including the reduction of fishery subsidies and a loosening of vaccine-production limits -- after marathon talks that a day ago looked for many…

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization concluded deals Friday on tackling food insecurity, curbing harmful fishing subsidies and temporarily waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents after days of round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi…

The World Trade Organization's members cleared a package of trade deals, including pledges on health, reform and food security, struck after more than five days of hard negotiations. Representatives of the 164 countries, including India,…

After five days of hard negotiations, members of the World Trade Organization on Thursday got close to clinching a deal, with Indian negotiators appearing to be satisfied that the country’s interests remained protected in the face of a…

The World Trade Organization has extended its ministerial in Geneva by another day to Thursday to try and build consensus on the key issues of fishing subsidies, food security and measures to combat the Covid pandemic. The four-day…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday announced the extension of its four-day-long ongoing ministerial by a day, till June 16. In an urgent communication dispatched to heads of delegation today, the WTO secretariat said the…