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 …
India has appealed to the Dispute Settlement Board of the World Trade Organisation for a panel decision on its issues with the US over agricultural imports. “WTO Secretariat received today a notice by India announcing its decision to appeal certain issues of law and legal interpretation in the panel report …
Leading US health groups including AVAC, Oxfam America, amfAR, Health Global Access Project (GAP), TAG (Treatment Action Group)and others have written to Barack Obama urging him to support India in providing “high-quality, low-cost generic medicines essential for health care around the world“. This comes in the wake of the two …
Mandatory domestic manufacturing component for clean energy high on agenda Climate change will figure prominently in talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Sunday , as they discuss India's mandatory domestic manufacturing component for clean energy even as a deal similar to the high-profile US-China agreement …
Court favours Novartis, but allows Cipla to sell the remaining stock The high court had issued an injunction order in favour of global drug-giant Novartis, asking Cipla to stop selling the cheaper version of respiratory drug Onbrez. However, Cipla can sell the remaining stock, the court has ruled. Cipla, in …
This article addresses the imperative of food security in India in the context of persistent prevalence of malnutrition despite several years of rapid growth. In particular, the article posits that the recent promulgation of the National Food Security Act in September 2014 to meet this challenge also offers an opportunity …
India banned imports on account of avian influenza, which WTO called 'unscientific' India plans to challenge a World Trade Organisation order that told New Delhi to remove curbs on poultry imports from the US, saying it's important to protect the industry that supports livelihood of millions of people in the …
India is the first country to provide substantial rights to farmers and registration of their varieties for IPR under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act. Obviously, in the initial years the filing of applications was slow and inconsistent, and it was restricted to few crop species. …
While Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday reiterated that there was no role for any external review of targets that each country set for itself to cut carbon emissions, the head of the U.S. delegation at the Lima talks, Todd Stern, clarified that no climate deal is …
The November 26 meeting, the first of its kind, will also take up trade facilitation agreement In an unprecedented move, the World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold a 'Special General Council' meeting on November 26 to discuss India's demand for food security, as well as signing of the trade facilitation …
The World Trade Report 2014 looks at how four recent major economic trends have changed how developing countries can use trade to facilitate their development. These trends are the economic rise of developing economies, the growing integration of global production through supply chains, the higher prices for agricultural goods and …
Poultry farmers can now afford to count their profits before their chickens hatch -and they are big, weighing on average twice as much as they did 50 years ago.The broiler chicken of today ,a product of controlled breeding, weighs around 2.2kg as compared to 1.2kg before 1960, say veterinarians and …
India awaits General Council meet outcome, which might make it clear if the members will be ready to negotiate its demand on food security or not Even as India is keen on an early resolution of its demand for a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security, World Trade …
In July, India had clarified it wouldn't ratify a trade facilitation agreement until a permanent solution on food security was arrived at A day before the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s trade negotiations committee meets in Geneva, India on Wednesday said during the negotiations, it would stick to its stand on …
One item on the agenda of the much-discussed Narendra Modi-Barack Obama meeting that has Indian commentators flummoxed is hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The joint statement issued after the meeting of the two heads of states says rather ambiguously that the two sides agreed to cooperate on "next steps to tackle the challenge …
There is an increasing recognition that to avoid dangerous climate change, most fossil fuel reserves will need to be left in the ground. This calls for increased attention for policies focusing on the supply side of fossil fuels. While national policies play a key part in governing fossil fuels and …
If the world's leaders really cared about climate change, there's one easy way to reduce emissions, writes John Weeks - drop the obsession with increasing trade, and all the pollution that goes with it. A world based on local production, consumption and finance will be a better one for people …
The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a recurrent publication prepared by the Trade and Investment Division of the UNESCAP. It provides information on and independent analyses of trends and developments in: intra- and inter-regional trade in goods and services; foreign direct investment; trade facilitation measures; trade policy measures; …
India is engaged with several countries to garner support on the food security issue at the World Trade Organization, with an aim to conclude the Bali package. With the month-long vacation over, the work at the WTO has resumed and its Director General Roberto Azevedo has been meeting with member …
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety establishes the right of Parties to take socio-economic considerations into account when deciding on imports or domestic measures relating to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). While the specifics of putting this into practice have not been fleshed out in the Protocol, it does require Parties to …
