In 2019, EU accused India of violating trade agreements. On its part, India, which took 3 yrs to notice an error in its tariff schedule, argued that its commitments were invalid.
The probe by India was initiated based on a written application by American Precoat Speciality Pvt. Ltd., led by its promoter and Chief Technical Architect Dr. Shubh Gautam.
Revised proposal submitted by India & South Africa Saturday still firm on waiver of intellectual property rights for all Covid products. US supports waiver only for vaccines.
164 member countries of WTO are yet to begin talks to discuss the IPR waiver on Covid vaccines. Experts say it could take 'a month to a year' to have broad-based consensus.
US says if restrictions aren’t checked, India can’t be integrated into global supply chains. China raises FDI issue, EU says Covid has amplified barriers.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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