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GENEVA: Talks for a first trade agreement in almost a decade were precariously poised just when it appeared that World Trade Organisation (WTO) members were close to sealing a deal on Thursday to check subsidies on unregulated fishing…

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…

India is convinced that the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will be among the most successful held for many years, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. Goyal is the man in the spotlight at the…

The negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) had a long and anxious night on Wednesday as they participated in multiple “green room” deliberations and off-record sessions to finalise a deal before receiving a message marked in…

With only a few hours left for the closing ceremony of the World Trade Organization’s ministerial meet in Geneva, the negotiators are still trying hard to reach a common ground even as multiple green room meetings and informal…

GENEVA: With the ministerial meeting extended by a day, WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday got down to sitting with a select group of countries to identify issue-wise concerns and find a solution, amid indications that…

GENEVA: India’s move to play hard on extending tax moratorium on e-commerce, including transmission of films, printed matter such as books and journals, video games, software, movies and music, has taken the developed world by surprise…

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…

By Shantanu Sharma Geneva: India on Wednesday expressed concern that some suggestions on reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) could give rise to fundamental changes in the institutional architecture of the trade body, which could…

India, Pakistan, Cuba and 44 countries of the African Group have come together seeking a moratorium on trade measures and providing sufficient flexibilities on intellectual property disciplines for developing countries to fight the…