Mechanised boat operators oppose WTO’s move to curb fishing activities in Indian waters

[ad_1] All Kerala Fishing Boat Operators Association has asked the Centre not to agree to any move from the WTO to curb or restrict the fishing activity of Indian fishermen by curtailing their subsidies.The association has accused foreign sophisticated big...

India pursues lowering cost of cross border remittances at WTO

[ad_1] India is strongly pursuing its proposal for lowering cost of cross-border remittances, which it made last month at the largely inconclusive WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, and has now asked the multilateral body’s general council (GC) to...

India wants digitised goods to be outside the ambit of tariff moratorium at WTO

[ad_1] India wants all digitised goods, such as e-books, e-music and video games, to be outside the scope of the moratorium on customs duties on e-transmissions, which has been getting temporary extensions at the World Trade Organisation since 1998. It...

India’s goods exports grow 11.86% to $41.4 billion, the fiscal’s highest

[ad_1] India’s goods exports grew 11.86 per cent to $41.4 billion in February 2024 (year-on-year), the highest monthly export in the current fiscal so far, powered by sectors such as engineering goods, electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and petroleum products despite adverse...

Opinion: Does WTO have a future?

[ad_1] <!-- --> The 13th World Trade Organization ministerial conference saw members struggling even to agree on a declaration, let alone the big issues of agriculture, fisheries and border taxes on ecommerce Published Date - 6 March 2024, 11:59 PM...

Commerce Ministry to brainstorm on WTO strategy post-MC13

[ad_1] The Commerce Ministry will carry out internal brainstorming on handling of tricky issues that spilled over from the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi last week, particularly the growing pressure for mainstreaming of select-group initiatives on areas...

WTO MC13 in Abu Dhabi collapses with no deals in agriculture, fisheries

[ad_1] The 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi collapsed in the late hours of March 1, more than a day after its scheduled closure, failing to produce an agreement in either fisheries or agriculture. But, countries agreed to extend...

WTO MC13: Members continue to bicker over agriculture, fish subsidies, and e-comm taxes

[ad_1] WTO members struggled to narrow differences in crucial areas such as agriculture, fisheries, investment facilitation, and the e-commerce moratorium at the on-going 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi on Friday as the meeting extended beyond a day. But...
India wants ‘re-examination’ of need to extend e-commerce moratorium at WTO MC13

India wants ‘re-examination’ of need to extend e-commerce moratorium at WTO MC13

[ad_1] India stressed on the need for “re-examination’’ of the implications of the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions, particularly for the developing countries and the LDCs, at the working session on work programme on e-commerce at the 13th...