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India welcomes US decision to support TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Welcoming the US support for global waiver on patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines, India on Thursday said it is hopeful that the waiver can be approved quickly at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with a consensus-based approach.
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Key step in fight to crush Covid globally: Nancy Pelosi as US backs waivin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): US Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday (local time) hailed the Biden Administration's announcement that they will work to advance a carefully-crafted Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver for vaccines at the World Trade Organisation
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US supports waiver of intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday (local time) announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines and said it will negotiate the terms at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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TRIPS waiver will allow developing nations speedy access to COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa] May 1, (ANI): President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday said South Africa and India have made a "strong call" for a temporary TRIPS waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as it will allow developing nations more speedy and equitable acces
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Pressure mounts on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID va
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As the world grapples to counter the pandemic, pressure on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is mounting to seriously consider a proposal by India and South Africa for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vacc
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Nigerian economist Okonjo-Iweala elected as first woman, African to head W
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 16 (ANI): Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on Monday elected as the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) seventh Director-General, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the role.
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China opposes India's decision to continue Chinese apps ban, says it viola
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): China on Wednesday opposed India's decision to continue the ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps and said the action is in violation of World Trade Organisation's non-discriminatory principles.
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WTO lauds India's measures for trade facilitation, economic growth
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has lauded India for registering economic growth at 7.4 per cent in the past five years, liberalising foreign direct investment policy and implementing several trade facilitation measures.
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Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents, and other Intellectual Property (IP) rights under the organization's Agreement on Trade-Relate
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WTO ruling gives EU no basis to impose tariffs on American goods, says US
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has no lawful basis to impose tariffs on imports from the United States, the Office of US Trade Representative (USTR) said in a statement Tuesday, adopting one of several WTO decisions that allowed the EU to tax Boeing planes and
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Trump calls NAFTA, China entry into WTO as 'most disastrous deals in histo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that his Democratic Counterpart supported China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) along with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), terming the two as the "most disastrous trade deals" in his
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China's entry to WTO, the worst of all deals: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): China's entry into the World Trade Organisation is the "worst of all deals" said US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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