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WTO negotiations moving in positive direction: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): The meeting with World Trade Organisation went in a positive direction on the last day of the conference, and the Indian delegation led by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a series of negotiations till early morning today, according
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Firmenich becomes second company in the world to secure living wage certif
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, announces it has achieved living wage certification across all of its global operations.
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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Multilateral rule-making processes of WTO must not be diluted: India
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): India strongly supports a robust Word Trade Organisation (WTO) reforms and modernisation agenda but the multilateral rule-making processes of the organisation must not be diluted, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Wednesday.
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12th WTO Ministerial Conference extended by one more day
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced the extension of its ongoing four-day ministerial by a day, till June 16.
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Piyush Goyal raises issue of public stockholding for food security, asks '
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of public stockholding for food security at World Trade Organization (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on T
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UK, Switzerland scuttled TRIPS consensus at WTO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Cracks between developed and developing nations emerged as rich, developed countries have once again created obstacles in getting consensus-based approval on the TRIPS waiver.
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DG WTO proposes to extend ministerial meet in Geneva by another day
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has proposed to extend the ministerial meeting in Geneva by another day.
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Outcome of WTO negotiations should provide right support to artisanal, sm
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday that the outcomes of the fisheries subsidies negotiations at WTO should provide a level-playing field to the developing nations to ensure that their small-scale and artisanal fishing fleets are
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India expresses concern over humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, calls for res
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): During the ongoing 50th session of the Human Rights Council, India expressed concerns over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar and emphasized its interest in seeing a return to democracy in Myanmar at the earliest.
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WHO to convene emergency meet next week over 'unsual and concerning' Monke
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Terming the monkeypox outbreak "unsual and concerning", World Health Organization has decided to convene an emergency meeting next week, to assess whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal meets chair of 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): On the sidelines of the twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met with the MC12 Chair Timur Suleimenov in Geneva, Switzerland.
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