The TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization on Friday held discussions on a proposal floated by India, South Africa, the US and the EU to waive certain intellectual property rights like patents to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
WTO is a 164-member multilateral body that formulates rules for global exports and imports and adjudicates disputes between two or more than two countries on...
In its annual report on Chinese compliance with WTO rules, the Office of the US Trade Representative said Wednesday that China isn't keeping the promises it...
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India on December 23, 2021, sent a letter to the General Council Chair to hold a virtual ministerial meeting on the response of WTO to the pandemic.
The Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal said WTO is riddled with ‘imbalances.
PM Modi also informed Joe Biden about India’s initiative for relaxation in the norms TRIPS Agreement norms at WTO.
Republicans allege that by waiving patents on vaccines, some countries believe that they would benefit from seizing America's intellectual property, but this...
"I worry when I hear slogans like self-reliance because these were the very mantras which had subtracted India from the world economy,” says Shashi Tharoor.
Trump has made the WTO the target of many previous attacks, and threatened before to withdraw, claiming unfair treatment toward the US and saying Washington...
We can't let China take $500 billion a year out of the United States and rebuild itself, US President said.
Washington has also blocked the election of new judges to the WTO's dispute settlement system, to potentially paralyse its ability to issue judgments.
US President Donald Trump teed up a fight with the World Trade Organization today, claiming the 164-country body was biased against the United States.
