Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stepped up pressure on the WTO to deliver on the long-promised permanent solution on public stockholding (PSH) for food security at the on-going 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi emphasising that the development agenda would remain incomplete without it as it was directly related to achieving Sustainable … Read more
There is no mandate for the adoption of the proposed pact on `investment facilitation for development’ negotiated by a group of WTO members, led by China, at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) and the “attack” on India and South Africa by WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for opposing it was appalling, some Civil Society … Read more
Iran-Sri Lanka tea-crude oil barter agreement will likely affect India’s declining tea exports. Also read:Fall in export to Iran brews trouble for Indian tea producers UPASI (United Planters Association of Southern India ) sources said, the agreement between Iran and Sri Lanka is to procure orthodox leaves where the island nation is a major producer … Read more
The sixth round of negotiations for the India-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA), will begin next week in Lima, with India expecting the comprehensive pact to help expand its foot-print in Latin America, but increased market access for gold is likely to emerge as a tricky area, as per research body, Global Trade and Research Initiative … Read more