Tag: #WTO
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WTO postpones meeting amidst new COVID variant
The World Trade Organization (WTO) turned into the primary major strategic loss of the new COVID-19 variation when it delayed its first clerical gathering in quite a while because of the disintegrating wellbeing circumstance. Clergymen from WTO individuals were expected to have assembled one week from now for a gathering broadly considered a trial of…
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Janet Yellen proposes “Global Minimum Corporate Tax” to discourage tax haven culture by corporations
The US is pushing the G20 for adoption of global minimum corporate tax
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Global Trade sets off on an uneven recovery after the pandemic: WTO
Geneva, 31st March: WTO states that global trade sets on for a stiff but uneven recovery after decreasing lesser than expectations due to Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The World Trade Organization issued a statement this Wednesday saying ,”According to new estimates from the WTO, the volume of world merchandise trade is expected to increase by…
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Waiver war at WTO over Covid jab IP rights
The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines
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‘Ready to go’: Hope for new momentum as Ngozi takes WTO reins
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she was eager to get straight to work as she took up her role as the first woman, first African to lead WTO
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EU to push greener trade policy, WTO reform
The European Union will make fighting the climate emergency central to its trade policy and push for major reform at the WTO
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South Korean trade minister drops out of WTO race: govt
Seoul, Feb 5 (AFP/APP):South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and first African director-general. Yoo had consulted with the United States — her prime backer — and other major…
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Brexit Deal Hopes Dim as Johnson Says Failure ‘Very Likely’
Brexit deal hopes have dimmed as Johnson has said a failure is very likely.
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Pakistan registers sellers with Amazon
Lahore, 19th June: Amazon, the biggest e-commerce website of the USA might just be available for Pakistani companies to use. According to the Baaghi TV report, the Pakistan government has given a list of 38 exporters to be registered with Amazon, the e-commerce giant. That list has a variety of exporters such as those who…
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Former New Zealand PM and WTO leader Mike Moore dead
Wellington, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): Mike Moore, who overcame cancer and a lack of formal education to become prime minister of New Zealand and head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), died Sunday aged 71, his wife said. Moore was WTO director general from 1999 to 2002 and oversaw China’s entry into a global rules-based trading…