New Delhi, March 30 – The WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde, which concluded on Monday, failed to reach any agreement on key issues, including the extension of the moratorium on e-commerce and reforms of the global trade body.The 14th ministerial conference (MC), which concluded in the...
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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 30 The four-day Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the WTO concluded on Monday in Yaounde, Cameroon, with members failing to resolve the contentious issue of extending the moratorium on e-commerce customs duties.Cameroon's Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, the...
New Delhi, March 29 Member countries intensified efforts to resolve differences regarding further extending the moratorium on e-commerce customs duties on the final day of the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon, sources said.While some countries oppose an extension or favor a...
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New Delhi, March 28 India said on Saturday that it has strongly opposed the contentious China-led Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement, which it seeks to incorporate into the WTO framework.Incorporating the IFD agreement risks eroding the functional limits of the WTO and...
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met with Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, Christopher Peter Sinckler, in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In a social...
New Delhi, March 27 India on Friday said the consensus-driven decision-making process of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is non-negotiable, describing it as the cornerstone of the multilateral body.Addressing a session on ‘Decision-Making and Past Mandates’ on the second day of the 14th...
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New Delhi, March 27 Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on Friday and discussed trade-related issues.The bilateral meeting took place on the sidelines of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon."Met Mr. Wang...
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March 26, New Delhi – The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is scheduled to take place from March 26-29 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.The conference will bring together Trade Ministers from WTO member countries to discuss key issues affecting the global trading system...
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New Delhi, March 25 India and Chile, a South American nation, discussed progress in negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries on Wednesday.The issue came up for discussion during a meeting between Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal and Chile's...
New Delhi, March 25 Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal held a meeting with Deputy US Trade Representative Joseph Barloon on Wednesday, discussing issues related to the WTO's ministerial conference and ways to further expand bilateral trade ties.The meeting was held in Yaounde, the capital city...
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New Delhi, March 19 India will push for further strengthening of the WTO at the upcoming ministerial meeting in Cameroon so that it can play an important role in promoting global trade at a time when the world is witnessing turmoil due to various geopolitical factors, officials said on Thursday...
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New Delhi, March 8 – WTO reforms, agricultural-related issues, dispute settlement, and the e-commerce moratorium are expected to be discussed by trade ministers of 166 countries during the four-day ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Yaounde, Cameroon, an official said...
New Delhi, February 13 Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal held meetings with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva on Friday and discussed issues related to the upcoming ministerial conference in Cameroon.The 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) is scheduled to take place in Yaounde...