World Trade Organisation
India opposes EU proposal for e-commerce rules
13 May 2019
India’s proposal to safeguard the right of special provisions by amending laws on unilateral action by members on trade issues has found immediate support from China and South Africa
India moves WTO against US import tariffs on steel, aluminium
19 Apr 2018
India mantains that it in no way deserves to be saddled with the 10-per cent higher import duty on aluminium and 25 per cent on steel as it neither poses a security threat to the US nor has it remained unresponsive to the bilateral trade imbalance
WTO forecasts 4.4% growth in world trade in 2018
19 Apr 2018
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo cautioned that the current restrictive trade policies and the tit-for-tat process could hinder trade growth that is vital for continued economic growth and recovery and job creation
US drags India to WTO over export subsidy schemes like SEZs
16 Mar 2018
India will engage with the US to explain the legitimacy of its export subsidy schemes following America's decision to approach the WTO on the issue
India gets starring role at WEF meet in Davos
23 Jan 2018
With Narendra Modi the first Indian Prime Minister to attend the World Economic Forum in two decades, India hosted the welcome reception of the annual gathering at Davos in Switzerland
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
India, China call for end to trade-distorting farm support by West
01 Sep 2017
Developed countries which provide 50 to 100 per cent in subsidies on certain farm products and have more than 90 per cent of the global farm subsidy entitlements of nearly $160 billion, wants developing countries to stop providing 10 per cent in subsidies to poor farmers
India loses appeal against WTO solar panel ruling
17 Sep 2016
The ruling comes at a time when India has dragged the US to the WTO over America’s domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight states in the renewable energy sector
India moves WTO over US temporary work visa fees
05 Mar 2016
The visas are typically used by thousands of Indian nationals hired by information technology services firms operating in the United States, and the fee hike could cause Indian industry an annual loss of $400 million
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