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WTO General Council grants Turkmenistan observer status
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkmenistan was granted observer status by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council on Wednesday.
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Global merchandise trade shrank by 3 pc in Q1: WTO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): The volume of merchandise trade shrank by 3 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the global economy, according to data released on Tuesday by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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WTO chief announces he will step down on August 31
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Roberto Azevedo on Thursday resigned unexpectedly, amidst the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the world economy, and trade at an unprecedented level.
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Agenda for WTO reforms should be balanced, inclusive: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The agenda for World Trade Organisation (WTO) reforms should be balanced and inclusive to address the historic asymmetries in the Uruguay Round Agreements, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said while participating in an informal ministerial gatheri
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WTO has been very unfair to US for many years: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], Jan 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) complained that his country has not been "treated fairly" by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), stating that the United States is not considered a "developing nation" while China and India are, by the glo
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WTO rules tariffs should be reduced by $2 billion after compliance measure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Toulouse [France], Dec 3 (ANI): European planemaker Airbus has said the United States should immediately reduce 7.5 billion dollars in tariffs that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) authorised in October by around two billion dollars.
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US to consider new tariffs on EU after WTO ruling on aircraft subsidies
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States on Monday said that it will consider imposing new tariffs on products from the European Union (EU) after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) investigation confirmed that EU aid to Airbus has hurt the American aircraft industry.
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China lodges case against US with WTO over import duties
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Sept 2 (ANI): China on Monday lodged a case against the US with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the import duties.
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US being treated more fairly by WTO now: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday said that his country is being treated more fairly now by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in view of the US' recent victories in major cases.
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Pakistan loses 3 key positions in WTO
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 04 (ANI): Pakistan has lost three key positions in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government failed to finalise a candidate for the post of ambassador at the world body.
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Trump wants WTO to change 'developing country status' rules, targets China
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) threatened to "use all available means" to secure changes to a provision at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that allows countries, including China, to decide whether they qualify as "developing countries."
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Global trade tension will negatively impact developing countries: WTO D-G
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Roberto Azevedo on Tuesday said that the rising tension on trade expansion and global economic growth would negatively affect developing and least-developed countries.
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