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UK and EU leaders to hold talks amid hope to fix Brexit trade dispute
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen are set to hold face-to-face talks, with expectations high they will seal a deal to resolve a thorny post-Brexit trade dispute. That would mark a breakthrough after months of bitter wrangling that has soured UK-EU relations, sparked the collapse of the Belfast-based regional government and and threatened to set back Northern Ireland's decades-old peace process. In a joint statement on Sunday the UK and the EU said European Commission President von der Leyen will travel to Britain on Monday so the leaders can work towards "shared, practical solutions for the range of complex challenges around the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. Sunak's office set out a tightly choreographed agenda for Monday suggesting a deal is all but done. It said the leaders' lunchtime final talks would be followed by a meeting of the UK Cabinet, then, if there is a deal, by a joint news conference and a statement by Sunak
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Right time for India to resolve trade disputes with US
The Biden administration can now move forward to strengthen the WTO dispute settlement process by clearing the way for appointment of requisite number of members to its appellate body
India steadfast in ensuring rule of law as member of Int'l community: Govt
The upholding of international law is central to our diplomacy and in fact our world view, he said
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China's irritated trade partners push back on coronavirus food tests
China says it has found the virus on the packaging of products from 20 countries including German pork, Brazilian beef and Indian fish
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EU urges US to solve trade disputes after aircraft tariffs kept unchanged
"The EU believes that both sides should now build on this decision and intensify their efforts to find a negotiated solution to the ongoing trade irritants"
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ICT tariff case: WTO accepts Chinese Taipei, Japan requests against India
According to the trade dispute norms of WTO, if a request comes for the second time, the panel is formed
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WTO panel report on India sugar subsidy case may not come before Q2, 2021
In 2019, Brazil, Australia and Guatemala dragged India into the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism alleging that New Delhi's sugar subsidies to farmers are inconsistent with global trade rules
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WTO top court for trade disputes to lapse for the first time on Dec 10
A meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) last week was the last chance for nations to break the more than two-year-long deadlock but saw both sides dig into their positions, sources said
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Trade disputes' fate hangs in balance with top WTO body about to lapse
Dispute settlement mechanism will break down as the 7-member appellate body becomes defunct on Dec 10
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Why India lost a major trade dispute with US at World Trade Organization
Outbound trade fell by 6.57 per cent in September, to a three-month low with the trade decline plaguing major foreign exchange earners
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UP govt asks district chiefs to speed up setting up of commercial courts
Commercial courts are helmed by judicial officers with experience in commercial and trade matters.
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