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Minister Pitches Patent Waiver For Covid Treatment To Global South
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday pitched for increasing efforts at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for getting patent waivers for diagnostics and therapeutics used to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Deal Or No Deal As World Trade Talks Grind Into Second Sleepless Night
Marathon talks at the World Trade Organization aimed at stitching together a tit-for-tat deal went round the clock into Friday with a long-sought agreement on fishing subsidies still hanging in the balance.
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WTO Ministerial Conference Exteded In Bid To Seal Elusive Deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.
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Facing "Polycrisis", WTO Chief Warns Of Rocky Road To Deals
World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged trade ministers gathering in Geneva to go the extra mile over the coming days and said she would consider one or two global trade deals a success.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes and strongly protect the interests of farmers and fishermen at the 12th ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization.
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Vaccine Answer Close, But Facing Effort To Block It: WTO Chief
The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" to block a deal, the body's chief said on Thursday.
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Global Trade Body Takes First Step In Patent Waiver Talks For Covid Jabs
After months of debate, World Trade Organization (WTO) members on Wednesday took a first, small step towards a deal aimed at boosting production of Covid vaccines and treatments through patent waivers or compulsory licensing deals.
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"If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country": Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that his Democratic Counterpart supported China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) along with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), terming the two as the "most disastrous trade deals" in history.
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"Worst Of All Deals": Trump On China's Entry To World Trade Organisation
China's entry into the World Trade Organisation is the "worst of all deals" said US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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China Accuses US Of "Outright Bullying" Over Tiktok
China accused the United States on Tuesday of "outright bullying" over popular video app TikTok, after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company.
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European Union Warns Of WTO Challenge If China-US Deal Creates ''Distortions''
In our opinion, quantitative targets are not WTO-compatible if they lead to trade distortions," Mr Chapuis said. "If it were to be the case, we will go to the WTO to settle this matter." He said that during a meeting at the Chinese foreign ministry, he was given "formal assurances that in absolutely no way would European businesses be affected b...
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If Protectionism Rises, No One Will Escape Recession: Piyush Goyal
The Minister urged all World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries to take up reforms and not deal with issues in a piecemeal manner.
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G20 Sealed Landmark Deal On WTO Reform By Ducking "Taboo Words"
Many delegates from the world's 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the United States and China.
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EU Blames China For World Trade Organisation Environmental Trade Talks Collapse
Europe's trade negotiator blamed China on Sunday for scuppering a global environmental trade deal by submitting impossible late demands at World Trade Organization talks aimed at scrapping import tariffs on exports worth more than $1 trillion.
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Minister Pitches Patent Waiver For Covid Treatment To Global South
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday pitched for increasing efforts at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for getting patent waivers for diagnostics and therapeutics used to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Deal Or No Deal As World Trade Talks Grind Into Second Sleepless Night
Marathon talks at the World Trade Organization aimed at stitching together a tit-for-tat deal went round the clock into Friday with a long-sought agreement on fishing subsidies still hanging in the balance.
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WTO Ministerial Conference Exteded In Bid To Seal Elusive Deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.
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Facing "Polycrisis", WTO Chief Warns Of Rocky Road To Deals
World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged trade ministers gathering in Geneva to go the extra mile over the coming days and said she would consider one or two global trade deals a success.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes and strongly protect the interests of farmers and fishermen at the 12th ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization.
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Vaccine Answer Close, But Facing Effort To Block It: WTO Chief
The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" to block a deal, the body's chief said on Thursday.
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Global Trade Body Takes First Step In Patent Waiver Talks For Covid Jabs
After months of debate, World Trade Organization (WTO) members on Wednesday took a first, small step towards a deal aimed at boosting production of Covid vaccines and treatments through patent waivers or compulsory licensing deals.
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"If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country": Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that his Democratic Counterpart supported China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) along with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), terming the two as the "most disastrous trade deals" in history.
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"Worst Of All Deals": Trump On China's Entry To World Trade Organisation
China's entry into the World Trade Organisation is the "worst of all deals" said US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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China Accuses US Of "Outright Bullying" Over Tiktok
China accused the United States on Tuesday of "outright bullying" over popular video app TikTok, after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company.
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European Union Warns Of WTO Challenge If China-US Deal Creates ''Distortions''
In our opinion, quantitative targets are not WTO-compatible if they lead to trade distortions," Mr Chapuis said. "If it were to be the case, we will go to the WTO to settle this matter." He said that during a meeting at the Chinese foreign ministry, he was given "formal assurances that in absolutely no way would European businesses be affected b...
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If Protectionism Rises, No One Will Escape Recession: Piyush Goyal
The Minister urged all World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries to take up reforms and not deal with issues in a piecemeal manner.
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G20 Sealed Landmark Deal On WTO Reform By Ducking "Taboo Words"
Many delegates from the world's 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the United States and China.
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EU Blames China For World Trade Organisation Environmental Trade Talks Collapse
Europe's trade negotiator blamed China on Sunday for scuppering a global environmental trade deal by submitting impossible late demands at World Trade Organization talks aimed at scrapping import tariffs on exports worth more than $1 trillion.
