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  National Solar Mission: India gets China backing against WTO ruling on local sourcing

  April 07, 2016 22:10 IST

  New Delhi: Barely a week after it blocked India's bid at the UN to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar banned for the second time, China today backed India against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling

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  WTO warns of threat to global economy due to slowdown in China's growth

  World | April 07, 2016 18:47 IST

  Geneva:The World Trade Organization on Thursday revised its 2016 global trade forecast downward by more than one percentage point, warning that a slowdown in China and broad market volatility continued to threaten growth. In September,

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  India drags US to WTO over temporary work visa fee hike

  World | March 04, 2016 23:31 IST

  New York: India has dragged the US to the top global trade arbiter over a dispute over an increase in the fees of temporary working visas, the World Trade Organisation said on Friday.India has filed

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  WTO favours US, rules against India in solar exports case

  World | February 25, 2016 7:04 IST

  Washington: In a setback to India, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel has ruled in favour of the US in its challenge to New Delhi's alleged discrimination against US solar exports, according to US

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  India keeping 'fingers crossed' as WTO talks enter final lap

  World | December 18, 2015 21:35 IST

  Nairobi: India is keeping its “fingers crossed” as the uncertainty continues over the fate of the WTO ministerial meeting, with developed countries taking a hard line on issues of public stockholding and a special safeguard

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  Doha development round in jeopardy, says Nirmala Sitharaman

  World | December 16, 2015 17:47 IST

  Nairobi: India today expressed fear that the WTO's Doha Development Agenda (DDA) appears to be in “jeopardy” and stressed that history will “judge us (WTO ministers) poorly” if inequities in global trade are allowed to

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  WTO meet starts; India, China press for Doha round conclusion

  World | December 15, 2015 23:59 IST

  Nairobi: Trade ministers of as many as 47 countries, including India, China and several African nations, today asked the WTO members to “redouble” efforts to conclude pending issues of the long-stalled Doha Round.On the first

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  India to seek permanent solution to food security issue at WTO

  October 29, 2015 14:19 IST

  New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for a permanent solution to the food security and agriculture subsidy issues at the Nairobi WTO meet, to be held later this year. While addressing the inaugural ceremony of the

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  Dialogue has helped India, US move towards key goals: Official

  World | September 23, 2015 11:07 IST

  Washington: The first India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue has helped the two countries move towards the goal of making their ties the defining relationship of the 21st century and increase bilateral trade to USD 500

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  WTO reach landmark $1.3 trillion IT trade deal

  July 25, 2015 14:38 IST

  Geneva: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has struck a deal where over 200 information technology products would be freed from import tariffs, a media report said on Saturday.Valued at $1.3 trillion in annual trade, the

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  WTO strikes 'landmark' deal to slash tariffs on technology products

  July 24, 2015 21:48 IST

  Berlin:  Major trade powers have reached a deal to cut tariffs on around 200 technology products, a decision that could pave the way for lower prices for consumers.The Geneva-based World Trade Organization says 49 of

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  Singapore's World Toilet Organisation to help Andhra Pradesh

  India | June 21, 2015 13:33 IST

  Singapore: Singapore-based World Toilet Organisation is partnering with Andhra Pradesh to embark on a SGD 1.8 billion project, first of its kind in India to build toilets for six million homes in the state by

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  Slight deceleration in trade restrictive steps in G-20: WTO

  June 16, 2015 7:14 IST

  Geneva: The G-20 economies witnessed a "slight deceleration" in application of new trade-restrictive measures, with average number of such steps imposed per month falling to the lowest since 2013, a WTO report said on Monday.However,

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  India loses poultry case against US at WTO

  June 04, 2015 23:34 IST

  Geneva/Washington: India has lost a case at the WTO, with the World Trade Organisation today ruling that Indian ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from the US was “inconsistent” with the

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  WTO rules in India's favour in steel dispute with US

  December 10, 2014 7:47 IST

  Geneva/New Delhi: In a major relief to the steel industry, the WTO has ruled against the US which had imposed high duty on imports of certain steel products from India.The Appellate Body of the World

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  India, US agree to continue talks on visa and other issues

  India | November 25, 2014 22:35 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to further stimulate bilateral trade and investment, the Indo-US Trade Policy Forum, which met after a gap of four years, today agreed to continue their engagement on visa related issues and enhance

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  Modi is a man with a clear vision, says British PM

  World | November 19, 2014 20:52 IST

  London: British Premier David Cameron has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “man with a clear vision” and praised him for breaking the deadlock over the trade facilitation agreement (TFA) at the WTO.  Replying

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  Indo-US deal could lead to global trade deal in 2 weeks: WTO

  November 15, 2014 7:08 IST

  Brisbane: A day after a breakthrough deal between India and the US on food security related issues, the WTO on Friday said there was a "high probability" of reaching an agreement within two weeks on

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  WTO agreement with India to boost multilateral trading: US

  November 14, 2014 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: The agreement between India and US to resolve the contentious food security issue at the WTO will give a new life to multilateral trading system and look forward to the full implementation of

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  WTO impasse ends: India, US reach agreement on food subsidies

  November 13, 2014 12:13 IST

  New Delhi: India has reached an agreement with the United States on public stockpiling of food, paving the way for the implementation of a global trade facilitation deal that has been stalled for months, commerce