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The government is likely to release next month the new foreign trade policy with a focus on boosting ecommerce exports and developing districts as export hubs. The commerce department is working on the policy that may detail ways to…

The Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (Agreement) agreed at the recently concluded World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting will prohibit subsidies from being provided for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and…

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that India and Africa are partners in progress and can bring cost effective solutions in areas like drinking water, logistics or transportation, healthcare and education,…

Global tourism is taking flight again. With the pandemic waning, reports about airport chaos have surfaced in the US and Europe, confirming an abrupt rise in international air travel even as hard data on tourist arrivals are only…

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharamanon Friday asked World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow India to export foodgrains from its public stockholding to nations which are facing food crisis. She was speaking at a seminar on…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has pushed back its dispute panel’s rulings on the US’ tiff with India, China, Russia and three others nations over higher duties on some steel and aluminium products to the second half of this year…

The government is expected to rely heavily on boosting services exports as global slowdown could take a toll on the exports of goods, especially luxury ones. It also expects the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed with Australia and UAE…

India, along with 80-odd developing countries, has sought a revision of the over three-decade-old external reference prices of farm commodities that are used by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to calculate current domestic farm…

India will again pitch its demand at the WTO to exempt developing countries not engaged in distant water fishing from overfishing subsidy prohibitions for at least 25 years, as the sector is still at a nascent stage, an official said on…

Concept by Muhabit ul haqSynopsisOn June 13, the rupee fell below 78.29 to a dollar — a fresh all-time low. The INR78-level breach indicates more pain ahead. Better forex reserves and rising tax collections may provide a cushion. But all…