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“We have rejected 3,000 applications for certification following field testing on the claims for uniqueness,” Prabhu said.

Farm ministry body testing 11,000 seed varieties for IPR certification

Following India’s ratification of the WTO agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, the PPVFRA was created after Parliament…

August 22, 2022 05:15 IST

WTO’s changing landscape and India

As with a tenuously crafted outcome, there was some amount of give and take at the 12th Ministerial; but there…

August 10, 2022 05:30 IST

FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks WTO to allow India to export grains from official reserves

Extant WTO rules make it difficult for a country to export grains from official stocks if these have been procured…

July 16, 2022 07:05 IST

The outcomes of the WTO Ministerial and impact on developing countries

The “Geneva package” adopted by the members includes a package on WTO response to emergencies including food security, pandemic, IPR,…

Updated: June 29, 2022 15:30 IST

WTO needs to move from just an organisation to robust institution: CUTS International

The Ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making body of the WTO.

June 27, 2022 16:14 IST

"Negotiations on overfishing and overcapacity will continue. We will again ask for the 25-year exemption," he told reporters here.

Will pitch for 25-yr exemption at WTO from subsidy cuts for nations not into distant water fishing: Official

Balaji said that this was one part of the fisheries subsidies agreement which was concluded in Geneva and the other…

June 24, 2022 19:45 IST

On all these subjects, India’s perspectives were specific and at variance with several other members, colouring it as a potential deal-breaker in the run-up.

India at WTO Ministerial Meet: From locking horns to joining hands

The ‘new’ India has taken many, particularly those familiar with a stubborn and obstructive India at the WTO, by surprise.…

June 24, 2022 03:30 IST

WTO ministerial conference: India’s interests completely protected: Piyush Goyal

India has completely protected the interests of its farmers, fishermen and MSMEs in the recently-concluded 12th ministerial conference of the…

June 20, 2022 08:12 IST

The fisheries subsidies agreement, talks for which have been going on for more than two decades now, was finalised to scrap subsidies on overfishing, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

India’s fishery rights protected in WTO deal, patent waiver only for Covid-19 vaccines

The fishery subsidy, the continuation of which India has been keen on, has been retained.

June 18, 2022 04:15 IST

China has voluntarily opted out of the waiver, something the United States had insisted on.

What has the WTO ministerial conference achieved?

A provisional deal between major parties – India, South Africa, the United States and the European Union – limited to…

June 17, 2022 18:30 IST

India had asked for an end to the moratorium but the US and European Union had argued that letting it expire would undermine a global recovery, already threatened by spiralling prices.

World Trade Organisation sews up package after 7-year drought

India’s commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said: “We will take some solid decisions probably after seven years, subject to…

June 17, 2022 03:45 IST

Sops for developing nations non-negotiable, says Piyush Goyal

India has called for expeditious restoration of the almost-dysfunctional Appellate Body of the WTO for dispute resolution, without diluting its…

June 16, 2022 08:17 IST

Between 2017 and 2020, developing countries have lost potential tariff revenue of at least $50 billion only on the import of 49 digital products, Goyal said. About 95% of this revenue tariff loss is borne by the developing countries. By 2025, this potential revenue loss is estimated to be about $30 billion a year.

12th ministerial conference of WTO: India seeks review of moratorium on e-commerce tariffs

While small exporters of physical products like textiles, handloom, clothing, footwear, mainly based out of developing countries, are facing both…

June 16, 2022 04:45 IST

It says a lot about the extremely low expectations around MC 12 when the WTO Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, stated that “even landing one or two (deliverables) will not be an easy road.

Rocky path to Geneva: WTO ministerial is taking place amid low expectations for a successful outcome

MC 12’s deliberations were broadly around four main pillars plus, notably, WTO’s response to the pandemic, fisheries, agriculture, WTO reform…

June 16, 2022 04:15 IST

G-33 members must work together for fair, balanced outcome at WTO: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the group has long been calling for an accessible and effective special safeguard…

June 12, 2022 20:03 IST

12th WTO Ministerial from June 12 to 15: India to push for fair, just outcome

To seek lasting remedy for food security, against narrow carve-outs in rules on food.

June 12, 2022 06:00 IST

‘Blanket exemptions for World Food Programme a concern for India in view of domestic food security’

The commerce ministry said that India has concerns with making notification requirements burdensome for developing countries in view of the…

June 11, 2022 21:36 IST

Key pillars of WTO should be retained while undertaking reforms: Official

An outcome of the issue is still uncertain as the member countries have not yet reached a consensus on the…

June 9, 2022 16:31 IST

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