President Joe Biden's administration has announced that the United States will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) protection for COVID-19 vaccines.

US supports global waiver of intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccines

India and South Africa will present a fresh draft for waiving vaccine patents at the W.T.O. Will the West take this chance at redemption or will they keep bowing to pressure from Big Pharma?

Gravitas: W.T.O to consider vaccine patent waiver again

Australia has threatened to take an action against China over its "unjustifiable" decision to hike duties on wine imports for up to five years. "We will be looking at next steps, and those next steps will include looking at taking this matter to the World Trade Organisation," Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Saturday.

Australia threatens WTO action as China hikes duty on wine

As many as 57 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have supported India's proposal for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, said Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday.

India's TRIPS waiver proposal at WTO gets a boost, secures support of 57 nations

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and former finance minister of Nigeria, has become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

A Black woman will lead the WTO for the first time

The World Trade Organization (WTO) will be again taking up joint India-South Africa proposal for wavier for Intellectual Property Right (IPR) on COVID-19 vaccine patent.

WTO to take up India-SAfrica proposal for waiver on IP rights for COVID vaccines on Feb 23

One year after sanctioning the EU for its support of Airbus, the World Trade Organization was expected Tuesday to let the bloc impose sanctions on the United States for aid to Boeing.

EU set to get WTO green light for US tariffs

The World Trade Organization announced Thursday Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee are the finalists to become its next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time.

In a first, World Trade Organization to be led by a woman

China says India and the US broke WTO rules by banning apps like TikTok & WeChat. Reportedly, China raised its objections at a closed-door meeting at WTO. Is China trying to bend the WTO to its will? WION'sPalki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Is China trying to bend the World Trade Organisation to its will?

The United States is appealing at the World Trade Organization against a ruling that largely favoured Canada in a long-running dispute over lumber, putting the case into a legal void.

US appeals at WTO to place Canada lumber case in legal void

The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump's trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington.

WTO: United States broke trade rules with 2018 tariffs on China

A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200bn worth of Chinese goods are illegal

WTO says US tariffs on Chinese goods violated international trade rules

Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova are bidding to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization to replace Roberto Azevedo, who steps down at the end of August.

How the next WTO chief will be chosen and the task ahead

Seven candidates are vying to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization -- with two entering the race just before the close of nominations on Wednesday.

Seven candidates battling for WTO leadership

The World Trade Organization(WTO) chief Roberto Azevedo said today that the coronavirus could lead to the "deepest economic recession or downturn of our lifetimes" the world grapples with the virus.

COVID-19 could lead to deepest economic recession of our lifetime: WTO

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the prospect of a Brexit cliff-edge at the end of 2020 to demand the European Union gives him a comprehensive free trade deal in less than 11 months.

Boris Johnson uses threat of Brexit cliff edge to demand European Union trade deal by end of 2020

Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization against the European Union, claiming the bloc’s restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel are unfair. The European Commission concluded earlier this year that palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation and its use in transport fuel should be phased out by 2030.

Indonesia appeals to WTO against the European Union's 'discriminative' palm oil restrictions

The fate of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) top court has effectively been sealed after the United States said that it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue.

Fate of WTO top court threatened with Trump Administration's move to block new appointments

After today, the World Trade Organisation, as the arbiter of global trade disputes, will no longer be able to fulfill its role. The strong appeal body of the WTO— which upholds, modifies or reverses the decision in trade disputes— is set to lose two judges who finish their terms on December 10, leaving only one member to the board. The administration of Trump has blocked the new appointments to the appellate body, claiming it has overstepped its mandate

WTO on the verge of collapse as Trump administration block new appointments

The fate of the world trade organization's(WTO) top court has effectively been sealed after the United States said that it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue.

US proposal set to seal fate of WTO top court

France is ready to go to the World Trade Organisation to challenge US President Donald Trump's threat to put tariffs on champagne and other French goods in a row over a French tax on internet companies, its finance minister said on Sunday.

Ready to take Trump's tariff threat to World Trade Organisation: French Finance Minister Le Maire

Brazil is all set to host this year's BRICS summit which will see Indian PM Modi participating. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Brazilian envoy to India Andre Aranha Correa Do Lago said one of the key objectives of the summit will be innovation and how these five countries - India, Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa can work together and set an example for the world.

BRICS can set example for the rest of the world: Brazilian envoy

China is seeking $2.4 billion in retaliatory sanctions against the United States for non-compliance with a WTO ruling in a tariffs' case dating to the Obama era, a document published on Monday showed.

China seeks $2.4 billion in sanctions against US in Obama-era case - WTO

Britain is looking forward to "taking back control" of its trade policy after it exits the European Union later this month, a government minister told the World Trade Organization Wednesday.

Britain preparing to 'take back control' at World Trade Organisation: Minister

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