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India is opposing a China-led WTO investment deal, even at the risk of isolation. Here’s why
March 23, 2026 9:07 am
Support for the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement has grown from 70 countries in 2017 to 128 as of last year. Why is India holding out?
Flashpoint at WTO: India set to oppose US proposal seeking permanent ban on e-transmission duties
March 18, 2026 12:00 pm
US wants continuation of moratorium, but India sees it as a deterrent towards taxing the digital economy
Shashi Tharoor writes: Era of gentle trade is over. Global village is being replaced by law of jungle
March 19, 2026 10:57 am
The realisation that a single geopolitical tremor — a pandemic or a sudden invasion — can collapse a supply chain has turned trade into a defensive crouch
India needs a plan
September 27, 2025 7:24 am
China has said it will not seek ‘Special and Differential Treatment’ at WTO. What does this mean for Delhi?
AI set to transform global trade, says WTO report
September 18, 2025 10:19 am
Such advancements could help increase export growth in low-income countries by as much as 11%, provided they improved their digital infrastructure.
Rather than withdraw from WTO, India should strengthen trade multilateralism
February 13, 2025 7:34 am
This will ensure that multilateral checks and balances continue to function and help curb rising protectionism
World trade to rebound in 2024, grow 2.6%: WTO
April 11, 2024 12:34 am
The WTO, however, lowered its forecast for growth in 2024 of world merchandise trade volumes to 2.6 per cent from 3.3 per cent it had projected in October last year as the impact of factors responsible for contraction in 2023 are still being felt.
Global trade growth to rebound this year; geopolitical tensions pose downside risks: WTO forecast
April 10, 2024 9:35 pm
The decline in merchandise exports in 2023 was partly due to falling prices for commodities, such as oil and gas.
Express View on WTO and attacks on India’s foodgrain policy: Point of the subsidy
March 04, 2024 11:29 pm
Objective behind India's foodgrain procurement is to help citizens, ensure food security, not distort global trade.
Why Thailand's now-replaced WTO Ambassador questioned India's agriculture subsidies, what India argued
March 04, 2024 11:45 am
India has registered a protest over the Thai WTO Ambassador’s comments on its Public Stockholding programme. What do the WTO rules say on subsidies and what have India’s government and farmers said on the matter? We explain.
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