Coming on the back of an unsatisfactory eighth Ministerial Conference, the Bali Declaration, focusing on Trade Facilitation, rebooted the WTO but...

Held against a low bar of expectations, the eighth Ministerial Conference (MC) of the WTO in Geneva concluded with minimal progress on key issues,...

The 7th Ministerial Conference at Geneva, which happened after a four-year hiatus, was devoid of goals and text-based talks and aimed for open...

As an improvement over dismal accomplishments at Cancun, the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference managed to forge a modest consensus and achieved limited...

Although the Cancun Ministerial Conference turned out to be unsuccessful, a silver lining emerged from the perspective of developing nations — the...

As an improvement over the Seattle Ministerial Conference, the Doha MC managed to chalk out a consensual declaration and persuaded developing nations...

Owing to lack of agreement on work programme, dismal preparation, vehement opposition from labour unions and civil society groups, and rising...

Even after the formation of the WTO, the pestering issues of opacity in the decision-making process and unfair representation of the interests of...

In this concluding part of the two-part article, it is discussed how Uruguay Round transitioned from GATT to World Trade Organisation — broadening the...

In part one of this two-part article, it is discussed that against a host of challenges continuing from the Tokyo Round, the Uruguay Round set out for...

The Multi Fibre Agreement, which operated between the Tokyo and Uruguay Rounds of trade negotiation, was created to protect the textile industry in...

Coming in the wake of exchange rate disturbances, energy crisis, and a precarious economic environment, the prolonged Tokyo Round (1973-79) of trade...