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Australia says will seek WTO panel to resolve barley dispute with China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia] May 29 (ANI): Australia has said it is approaching World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel to resolve concerns about anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on Australian barley by China.
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China slams EU, US joint statement over holding Beijing to account on trad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): The Chinese government has called on Washington to stop forming "small cliques" targeting Beijing, after the European Union and the United States said that they can work together to "hold countries like China that support trade-distorting policies to account."
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WTO chief says world needs to double or even triple vaccine production
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The world needs to boost the production of vaccines, doubling or even tripling it, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization chief, said at the Paris Peace Forum on Monday.
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Piyush Goyal holds 'fruitful discussion' with US Trade Representative to e
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday had a "fruitful discussion" in a virtual meeting with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to enhance COVID-19 vaccine production.
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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver, not time to worry about patents, profi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade O
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PM Modi asks EU to support TRIPS waiver, EU doesn't see it as magic soluti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked EU leaders to support the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to remove hurdles in ramping up vaccine production. EU l
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India, EU to resume negotiations for FTA, agree on comprehensive connectiv
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): India and the EU on Saturday agreed to resume negotiations for balanced and comprehensive free trade and investment agreements sides and also agreed to have dedicated dialogues on WTO issues, regulatory cooperation, market access issues and supply chain resil
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TRIPS waiver will facilitate scaling up, timely availability of affordable
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New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): India has worked with South Africa and other partners in the WTO to seek relaxation in the norms of the TRIPS agreement, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday and noted that this waiver will be an important step for enabling the rapid scal
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PM Modi speaks with Scott Morrison seeking Australia's support for intelle
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New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): In a phone call with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought Canberra's support for the initiative taken at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by India and South Africa for global waiver on patent protection
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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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US backs TRIPS waiver on COVID-19 vaccines at WTO; is this good news for I
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 6 (ANI): The United States is proving to be a real friend to India as it continues to battle the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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