WTO Says Import Tariffs Tend to Affect Poor Harder
The World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a study on Monday that import tariffs typically disproportionately affect low-income consumers, presumably in response to growing protectionism...
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India’s April Exports Up 24% to $38 billion, Trade Deficit Widens to $20 billion
India’s merchandise exports rose 24.2 per cent year-on-year in April to the third-highest level of $38.2 billion. As commodity prices rose due to Russia’s ongoing...
Centre Extends Foreign Trade Policy Till September 30
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) extended the foreign trade policy (FTP) till September 30 to ensure policy continuity in external trade. The development...
US, EU, India, South Africa to Compromise on Covid Vaccine Waiver
The United States, European Union, India and South Africa have decided to compromise property waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. A tentative agreement among the four World...
US Bans Export of Luxury Goods to Russia, Belarus
US Department of Commerce has imposed restrictions on the exports of their luxury goods to Russia and Belarus. “We have also forced an import ban...
WTO to Propose New Agriculture Package
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is likely to draft a revised text for an agriculture package to break the deadlock in farm talks at the...
Nirmala Sitharaman Shares India’s Covid-19 Response With G-20 Panel
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday shared India’s response to Covid-19 at the G-20 High-Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on funding the global commons for the...
Centre Gears Up For WTO Patent Battle
The government has virtually ruled out the possibility of using compulsory licensing as a tool to speed up vaccine production due to execution challenges while...
SJM Protests Against Covid-19 Vaccine Patents
Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) activists organized online and offline protests against Covid-19 vaccine patents and said those campaigning against the equitable access of vaccines and...
WTO Looking For Larger Deal on Vaccine, Medical Goods
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is looking to go beyond India and South Africa’s proposal on flexibility in patents for vaccines to discuss a possible...