This report identifies options that negotiators and policy-makers could pursue in order to reach a permanent solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the problems some developing countries say they face when buying food at government-set (or government-administered) prices under their public stockholding programs for food security purposes. The …
STATE governments will soon have a greater say in the stand the central government takes on key issues in the ongoing talks for opening up goods and services market in global trade at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The commerce department will hold regular consultations with state government officials on …
Ronojoy Banerjee New Delhi: India is gearing up to strongly oppose any move by developed countries to impose a carbon tax on developing economies in the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting. According to a senior government official, India is preparing to take on the West on this contentious issue, …
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi June 14, 2010, 0:47 IST Though the Doha Round of global trade talks is unlikely to be over this year, leading developing countries like India, China and Brazil are apprehensive of the renewed emphasis on environment and climate change issues in the form of carbon …
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the search for a home, or homes, for hosting international deliberations and action on energy subsidy reform. The two most obvious contenders for such an ?institutional home? are the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). …
After clarifying miscommunications with their Brazilian counterparts, the commerce ministry is on the verge of filing a suit against the European Union for their seizure of generic pharmaceutical drugs headed for the South American nation. Following recent dialogue with Brasilia and after evaluating the EU
INDIA has refused to remove restrictions on import of pork and poultry products imposed last year as a preventive measure against spread of bird flu despite mounting pressure from the EU and the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a recent meeting of the WTO committee on sanitary …
Commerce Dept Fears West May Use New Standards To Restrict Trade From Developing Countries Amiti Sen NEW DELHI INDIA is trying to mobilise opinion against the proposed international standard on corporate social responsibility that could give legal sanction to developed countries to reject exports from developing countries like India. ISO …
This paper is intended to explore the possibilities for a more consistent approach in the WTO to subsidies as a policy tool, in the context of one particularly important domestic and global policy challenge: climate change. The paper begins by outlining the possible role that that subsidies might play in …
This recent study analyses the economic and political consequences of introducing a tax on the carbon content of imported goods at EU borders and whether such a tax would be compatible with WTO rules. This study analyses the economic and political consequences of introducing a tax on the carbon content …
The approval of a genetically modified potato for cultivation in EU territories has sparked strong reactions from all sides of the debate. Many member states and environmental groups are outraged, while the biotech industry sees promising signs of progress.
Brazil, S Africa, India And China To Work Out Strategy On Kyoto Protocol WITH no signs of closing the trust gap between the rich industrialised countries and the developing nations, the meeting of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) in Cape Town later this week will be watched by …
New Delhi: India will launch a formal dispute against the European Union (EU) at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over EU seizures of Indian generic drugs, a senior trade ministry source said on Tuesday. Settling the dispute could take between 12-18 months, another ministry source, who deals directly with WTO …
