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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicWorld Trade Organisation

Topic: World Trade Organisation

India loses WTO dispute on sugar-export subsidies

India’s policies were inconsistent with WTO rules that govern the levels at which nations can subsidise domestic agricultural production, said the official trade body statement.

From food fights to gender — here’s what to expect from the next WTO conference

Although the 12th Ministerial Conference has been postponed due to travel restrictions, nations will be ready for talks on a host of issues.

Trade restrictions are delaying the COVID response. The WTO must act

WTO should work on eliminating tariffs across the value chain for COVID-related products like vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics needed to fight the pandemic.

India, South Africa patent waiver proposal in WTO gained huge mileage, says govt official

Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said that the text-based negotiations is the way forward and it means that the members have broadly accepted the objective behind waiver proposal.

At WTO meet, Delhi objects to EU & Taiwan ‘rush’ to corner India on import tariff hikes

Japan has also joined the dispute against India at WTO over import tariff hikes imposed on information and communications technology in 2019.

Two senior IAS officers in PMO appointed to World Bank, World Trade Organisation 

While IAS officer Rajiv Topno will serve as senior advisor in World Bank, Brajendra Navnit will be ambassador to the Permanent Mission for India (PMI) at WTO. 

The World Trade Organization is hurtling towards irrelevance

Global trade liberalisation — the original purpose of the WTO — hit a wall more than a decade ago when the Doha round of talks collapsed.

Arrogance tarnished WTO’s international credibility. What replaces it will be even worse

In the absence of a surprising reversal from Donald Trump, the World Trade Organisation will cease to exist. More likely than not, it can never be revived

Serena Williams claims ‘sexism’ in tennis & probiotics are now being called ‘useless’

Nepal to now access Chinese sea ports, and Spix's macaw go extinct in the wild.

Cancer fighting genetic tool ‘Crispr’ is now being used for improving quality of crops

US and Europe, however, have contrasting policies on genetically modified crops which could possibly start a costly trade dispute.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.