New Delhi, March 30 – The 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which concluded on Monday in Yaounde, Cameroon, failed to reach an agreement on extending the moratorium on customs duties on electronic commerce, including digital downloads and streaming.In...
New Delhi, March 25 Protecting the livelihoods of small farmers and fishermen while safeguarding policy space for developing economies in emerging areas such as digital trade will remain central to India's position at the four-day WTO ministerial meeting beginning in Cameroon from March 26...
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ldcs (least developed countries)
minimum support price (msp)
multilateral trade system
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tariff revenue
trade negotiations
trade reform
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United Nations, March 10 India has condemned Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan as a "flagrant violation" of international law, saying it is "hypocritical" to invoke Islamic solidarity while carrying out attacks that have killed civilians during Ramadan.Addressing a Security Council meeting...
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New Delhi, February 23 The government on Monday halved the duty benefit rates under the export support scheme, RoDTEP, prompting the exporting community to seek a reconsideration of the decision.The Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme, launched in 2021, provides...
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federation of indian export organisations (fieo)
global trade research initiative (gtri)
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indian exports
raw cotton
remission of duties and taxes on exported products (rodtep)
tax refunds
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vietnam exports
worldtradeorganization (wto)
New Delhi, Feb 11 – In a sharp rebuttal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi of unfairly criticizing the Congress-led UPA government, alleging that it had compromised India's interests before international organizations like the World Trade...
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customs reforms
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economic stabilization fund
food security
food subsidies
high value agriculture
india
industrial textiles
micro, small and medium enterprises (msmes)
ministry of food processing industries
nirmala sitharaman
pm formalisation of micro food processing enterprises (pm-fme)
public stockholding
rahul gandhi
special economic zones (sez)
states
textile parks
trade facilitation agreement (tfa)
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