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WTO reform process should be inclusive, consensus-based: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that trade can be an engine of reviving growth in the current scenario and this is premised on the strengthening of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) based on its principles of openness,
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WTO General Council grants Turkmenistan observer status
Updated : 5 years, 7 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 : 5 years, 8 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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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India's new FDI norms violate WTO principle of non-discrimination: China
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): China said on Monday the additional barriers set by India for investors from specific countries violate World Trade Organisation's principle of non-discrimination, and go against the general trend of liberalisation and facilitation of trade and investmen
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G-20 leaders pledge support in fight against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 31 (ANI): Trade ministers from the Group of 20 (G-20) major economies have agreed to take immediate measures for facilitating trade in essential goods besides incentivising additional production of equipment and drugs to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Agenda for WTO reforms should be balanced, inclusive: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 3 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, 3 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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G20 leaders agree for 'urgent' WTO reforms at Nagoya meeting
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], Nov 23 (ANI): Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday agreed that there is "urgent" need to reform the World Trade Organisation amid an escalating tit-for-tat tariff trade war between the United States and China.
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Textiles Minister Smriti Irani to represent India at World Cotton Day cele
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani will participate in the plenary session of World Cotton Day being observed from October 7 to 11 at Geneva in Switzerland.
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