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India among WTO's 5 member nations to produce 75% of world's Covid vaccines

Five member states of WTO alone will account for three-quarters of the entire global output of Covid-19 vaccines this year, said Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

USTR to join WTO negotiations on domestic services regulations

USTR said in a statement that the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation is an opportunity to improve the transparency and fairness of processes for obtaining overseas licenses

WTO chief seeks to wrap up fish talks as developing countries cry foul

The virtual conference in Geneva, the first meeting of WTO trade ministers since 2017, aims - after 20 years of talks - to fix rules to curb harmful subsidies that lead to overfishing.

WTO members to intensify talks on patent waiver for Covid drugs, vaccines

India, in last informal meeting of TRIPS Council, had urged all members to begin text-based negotiations on the waiver proposal

Hoping for quick resolution on TRIPS waiver for Covid jabs at WTO: Goyal

Commerce & industry minister urges countries to share vaccines liberally with those in dire need of them

US support for Covid patent waiver will push WTO talks, says WTO chief

A United States' proposal to discuss waiving patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines will intensify talks on the issue within the World Trade Organisation, says the WTO director-general

Patent waiver in WTO to enable timely availability of Covid vaccines: Govt

India said temporary waiver of certain provisions of intellectual property rights under a WTO agreement would be an important step to enable scaling up of Covid-19 vaccines manufacturing

10 Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver at WTO

The proposal seeks to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture Covid-19 diagnostics and vaccines

US: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with WTO director general

Harris spoke over phone with Director General of World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during which they discussed the need for reforms within the WTO

India urges WTO members to reach consensus on TRIPS waiver proposal

India said one cannot continue to engage in endless discussions when millions of lives are lost to the pandemic

I am sure global pharma industry will support India's WTO proposal: Goyal

The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995

Pressure on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID vaccines

ressure 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

Russia ready to foster constructive cooperate with new WTO chief: Minister

Okonjo-Iweala's extensive professional experience and strong international standing will help her solve the urgent challenges facing the WTO

Incoming WTO head warns 'vaccine nationalism' could slow pandemic recovery

The former Nigerian finance minister and senior World Bank executive was appointed on Monday in a consensus process and starts her new job on March 1

No-nonsense Nigerian woman to be named boss in double first for WTO

A self-declared "doer" with a track record of taking on seemingly intractable problems, Okonjo-Iweala will have her work cut out for her at the trade body

WTO backs EU tariffs on $4 billion US goods over Boeing subsidies:Report

The two sides have been locked in a 16-year-old dispute at the Geneva-based WTO over aid to their aircraft industries in a pair of cases that together represent the world's largest corporate dispute

$200-bn worth US tariffs on China are illegal: World Trade Organisation

World Trade Organisation panel ruled that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal

India mulling anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre from EU, Peru, others

The domestic industry has suffered material injury due to dumping of the product by these nations, according to a notification of DGTR

China's entry to WTO, the worst of all deals, says Prez Donald Trump

China's entry into the World Trade Organisation is the "worst of all deals" said US President Donald Trump on Thursday."China's entry into the World Trade Organisation which is probably the worst of all the deals, if you want to know the truth...They violated the rules like nobody had ever violated it before," Trump said at the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant in Ohio."In the past, politicians have aggressively pursued a policy of globalisation, moving our jobs, wealth and our factories overseas. Globalisation has made the elites who donate to politicians wealthy and has left nothing for our workers expect for poverty and heartache," he added.Further calling China a developing nation, the US President said that they had advantages "but we did not accept them".Previously in January, Trump said that US has not been "treated fairly" by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which considered China and India as developing nations."The World Trade Organisation has been very unfair to

Maharashtra may procure remdesivir from Bangladesh to treat Covid patients

State government to procure 10,000 vials for Rs 12 crore