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The lingering effect of Covid on services trade

The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization have predicted massive losses in economic growth and international trade

WTO members eliminate duties on over 84% of medical products for 2020

Several medical devices like ventilators and masks are in huge demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ending opportunism

Govt right to crack down on strategic investments from China

Decline in global merchandise trade volumes to continue for now: WTO

Situation to worsen as estimates don't take into account coronavirus outbreak

Stable policy in ethanol sector crucial for Brazilian investment: UNICA ED

Indian government is in the right direction says Sousa

US, Japan and European Union seek stronger global rules on subsidies

The governments called on the World Trade Organization to beef up existing regulations, which they said in a statement are "insufficient to tackle market and trade distorting subsidisation

The darkening sky

Shadows of the events in 2019 will loom large over the world and India

Trade war: For countries like China, the free lunch is now history

Global trade will recover eventually but it is almost certain that no country will be allowed to 'game' the system to gain an unfair and sustained advantage

'Turning point': Number of male smokers falling for first time, says WHO

Declines in tobacco use amongst males mark a turning point in the fight against tobacco, says WTO

US appeals WTO ruling in a dispute over import duties on Indian steel

Last month, a WTO panel found that Washington had failed to fully comply with a five-year-old ruling

Indonesia drags EU to WTO over excessive use of palm oil as biofuel

The EU launched a complaint at the WTO in late November over Indonesian curbs on nickel ore exports and hit Indonesian biodiesel with tariffs last week

Donald Trump cripples WTO as US-China trade war rages on

A US offensive against the World Trade Organization will effectively shutter the group's system for settling disputes, at a time it's most needed

A world without rules

India will suffer from US' subversion of WTO courts

WTO rejects EU claims that it no longer provides subsidies to Airbus

A decision on retaliation rights for the EU in a parallel case on aid for Boeing is due next year.

WTO dysfunction gives us a breather

Since its inception in 1995, the WTO dispute settlement mechanism has resolved an impressive number of trade disputes

Data Protection Bill may face WTO hurdle as industry holds its breath

The Bill has been in the works since the past one and half years. A draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill had been made public by the ministry of electronics and information technology

Global goods growth in Q4 to remain below trend over rising tariffs: WTO

Its latest quarterly barometer showed growth in global merchandise trade rose by 0.2% in the second quarter of this year against 3.5% in same period of 2018

Darkening clouds: Govt denial, inadequate response are not helping economy

If we go on being inward-looking, how will the system open up? Those that are not competitive locking competitive ones out of markets cannot be a way to get to the $5-trn dream, writes T N Ninan

WTO panel rejects India's arguments

Exporters can rest assured that there is no threat to the Advance Authorisation Scheme, Duty Drawback Scheme and four specified entries under DFIS.

WTO panel upholds US case, rules India's export subsidies illegal

The panel largely agreed with US claims challenging export subsidies granted in the form of exemptions from customs duties and a national tax, while rejecting some US arguments