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China files WTO complaint against India over EV subsidies, commerce ministry to examine

October 16, 2025 6:12 am

According to China’s Commerce Ministry, India’s measures violate multiple WTO obligations, including the principle of national treatment, and amount to prohibited import substitution subsidies.

WTO cuts 2026 global goods trade growth forecast but sees AI-related products as bright spot

October 08, 2025 4:37 pm

Driven by increased global spending on AI-related products, the 2025 merchandise trade growth forecast was revised upwards to 2.4 per cent from 0.9 per cent in August.

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.

EU’s carbon tax is unlikely to fix global warming. It will make global cooperation on climate change impossible

August 04, 2025 5:38 pm

For India and other BRICS nations, this is not just about trade or emissions; it is about sovereignty, justice, and the right to grow on their terms. The carbon border tax, in its current form, is not a solution

India gears up for WTO trade policy review as EU chief calls for an alternative to the World Trade Organization

July 11, 2025 5:33 am

The preparations in the Ministry of Commerce come at a time when the US has all but abandoned the forum for resolving trade disputes and is instead striking bilateral trade deals, which experts fear are often not WTO-compliant.

China's Ambassador to India writes: Stand up to Washington's bullying

April 29, 2025 6:58 am

The tariff and trade war has once again placed the world at a crossroads. At this pivotal historical juncture, let us jointly uphold multilateralism, safeguard the international rules-based order as well as the development rights and interests of the Global South, and inject much-needed stability into a turbulent world.

WTO, IMF raise alarm over Trump's reciprocal tariffs; Economists predict weaker Indian growth prospects

April 04, 2025 12:25 pm

Goldman Sachs, in its report, estimated a 30-basis-point drag on India’s GDP growth for the current year, given India’s 4 per cent share in US final demand.

US abstains from WTO condemnation of Russian aggression in Ukraine - Report

February 26, 2025 8:42 pm

It is the first time the US has not supported the statement that has been issued each year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, in another signal of a dramatic shift in ties with Russia.

China calls Trump's tariff 'discriminatory, protectionist' in complaint to WTO

February 06, 2025 11:33 am

The complaint was filed by the Chinese administration, a day after President Trump announced border taxes, a measure he said was required to address the growing influx of illegal drugs.

India decides to retaliate against EU’s steel tariffs citing $ 4bn loss

September 21, 2024 6:53 am

The duties were first imposed in 2018 to discourage steel imports following the steel tariffs imposed under US President Donald Trump.

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