Global trade disruptions Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:19am EDITORIAL: The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) recently uploaded report dated 2026 titled A Critical Juncture of...
IMF, World Bank, others warn ME war straining energy supplies Published 30 May, 2026 05:48am WASHINGTON: The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade...
Reshaping the WTO Updated 31 Mar, 2026 06:29am EDITORIAL: The European Union’s (EU’s) recent call for “serious” reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ahead...
WTO chief urges members to discuss core MFN rule as reform debate grows Published 11 Feb, 2026 05:09pm WTO members are considering a programme of reforms ahead of a ministerial conference in Cameroon in March
US move on Venezuela signals drift from WTO rules, experts warn Published 29 Jan, 2026 06:32pm World Trade Organisation mandatory for peaceful resolution of conflicts, an expert says
Trade diplomacy: NA panel criticises ‘underperformance’ Published 23 Dec, 2025 06:09am ISLAMABAD: In a sharp rebuke to the country’s trade diplomacy, a parliamentary panel on Monday severely criticised...
China files WTO case against Indian tariffs, subsidies Published 20 Dec, 2025 05:44am BEIJING: China has filed a case against India’s tariffs on information and communications technology products and...
China files WTO case against Indian tariffs, subsidies Published 19 Dec, 2025 06:16pm The Indian tariffs and subsidies “give India’s domestic industries an unfair competitive advantage, harm Chinese interests” and were in violation of WTO rules
WTO: Struggling for survival Updated 14 Jul, 2025 07:16am Questions are being raised about the present day relevance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) established in 1995...
Pakistan formally accepts WTO’s agreement on fisheries subsidies Published 20 Mar, 2025 09:51pm Pakistan's acceptance brings to 94 total number of WTO members that formally accepted Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Seventeen more formal acceptances needed for agreement to come into effect
‘Shared prosperity’ Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am EDITORIAL: The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) analysis of its 30-year record of enabling and facilitating...
‘Forced’ export of cars: Japan threatens to move WTO Updated 08 Apr, 2024 09:55am ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, Japanese government threatened Pakistan to take the case for forcing its three car...
Working towards women empowerment Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am EDITORIAL: While one may come across an abundance of well-meaning rhetoric on the importance of women’s role ...
IIOJK farmers protest India’s decision to cut tax on imported US apples Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Apple farmers and political activists in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)...
Inflation: permanent or transitory? Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am The Fed has been much derided for its 2021 characterisation of the spike in inflation being ‘transitory’ – to...
EU’s tariffs on Indonesian stainless steel curtailed exports, Jakarta says Published 31 Jan, 2023 09:55am JAKARTA: The European Union’s anti-dumping tariffs on Indonesian stainless steel had cut exports severely, an...
US ban on ‘Made in Hong Kong’ label breaches trade rules: WTO Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am GENEVA: The United States is flouting international trade rules by imposing a “Made in China” stamp on goods...
The Bridgetown Initiative Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am ‘A perennial question hanging over UN climate conferences is how developing countries will finance their domestic...
Current account deficit Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am EDITORIAL: The government has succeeded in containing the current account deficit to 1.2 billion dollars in July...