Anwarul Hoda
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Trade talk: GSP benefits not the issue in Indo-US trade
GSP benefits look odd since India is no longer a poor country, but these offset the advantages China has as well as those that Mexico/Korea get from FTAs with US.
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Changing trade order: Donald Trump’s WTO moves worse than its war
By stalling the dispute resolution mechanism at the WTO, the US is Pushing the multilateral trade regulator towards A slow Death
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Global trade woes: Delhi WTO meet must help diffuse the developing trade crisis
India’s invitation to the trade ministers of 40 WTO members to an informal gathering in New Delhi, on March 19-20, is without a pre-announced agenda.
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WTO & Public Stockholding Issue: Price support must be adjusted for inflation
Subsidising members should be allowed neutralisation for inflation to the extent of it exceeding 2% per annum, which can be considered the normal rate of inflation.
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No winner in this Trump’s trade war
A firestorm is raging in world trade. It was set off by US president Donald Trump announcing on March 3, that the US will levy tariffs on imported metals—25% on steel, 10% on aluminium.
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WTO Summit: Why Buenos Aires Ministerial was a non-event; there was not even a big fight
The 11 Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ended on December 13, 2017, as it had begun—without any fervour. At Nairobi in 2015—during MC10—there was a major agreement eliminating export subsidies in agriculture.
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The 10th WTO Ministerial Conference: Multilateralism in retreat
Securing a political mandate for making fresh efforts to conclude the Doha Round of negotiations must be the main objective of India and other developing countries during the Nairobi conference
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Column: Neither a threat, nor an opportunity
For India, joining the TPP FTA can be only for political or strategic reasons, not for economic benefits
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Column: WTO talks once again on the edge
Developed countries now support a proposal that jettisons the tiered reduction approach
