scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicWTO

Topic: WTO

Race to rescue WTO draws eight nominees from Mexico to Moldova

Bryce Baschuk -
WTO’s next leader will have to focus on rebuilding trust and credibility, rebooting its negotiating agenda and restoring its paralyzed dispute-settlement system.

Farmers unhappy as govt decides to lower maize & milk import duty amid falling local prices

Samyak Pandey -
The government has allowed import of 5 lakh MT of maize and 10,000 MT of milk under reduced duties, cites commitment to WTO. 

Paris deal to WHO, the 11 organisations Donald Trump’s US has pulled out of, weakened

Srijan Shukla -
From weakening WTO and NATO to pulling out of several UN organisations, Donald Trump has now targeted at least 11 global cooperation bodies or pacts.

World Trade Organisation chief Roberto Azevedo plans to step down early

Bryce Baschuk -
The 62-year-old Brazilian has served as the WTO’s director-general since September 2013 and his second four-year term began in September 2017.

WTO says global trade collapse may be worst in a generation

Bryce Baschuk -
While trade will suffer, a rebound will be possibly only if businesses and consumers view the pandemic as a temporary, one-time shock, the WTO said.

EU, India tiff over tariffs heats up at WTO, even as summit gets deferred

Nayanima Basu -
EU urges WTO to set up dispute panel on the issue, but while India has blocked the first move, Brussels plans to approach the trade body again.  

Davos 2020 will debate how to deal with ‘Peak Decade’, from globalisation to central banks

Enda Curran -
Politicians, investors & executives in Davos will debate whether we are witnessing peaks in key drivers of the world economy.

Why US-China trade war truce will not end protectionist impulse

Pankaj Mishra -
The world needs multilateral institutions that acknowledge protectionism rather than free trade as the deeper & more enduring reality of global economic history.

US files WTO appeal against Indian steel after neutralising that very process

Bryce Baschuk -
Trump administration has appealed against WTO ruling that found US didn’t adequately amend series of illegal tariffs on Indian carbon steel products.

How to decode Donald Trump’s trade brain, bluffs and bluster

Brendan Murray -
Despite Trump’s comments on the US-China trade deal and the tougher rhetoric between Beijing and Washington, talks on the first stage continue.
1...5678Page 6 of 8

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Vikas Kathuria -
Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Economy

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Aneesa PA -
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

Defence

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.