Relevance: The Indian patents act 1970 was amended in 2005 with the aim to keep medicines and healthcare affordable to the citizens. However because of this the Indian industry has drawn flak from the global [Read More]
Intellectual property refers to a type of property that is intangible and has been created by human intellect. As per World Trade Organisation, “Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations [Read More]
Recently a trade official of USA has said that USA is mulling to restore GSP status to India after getting a counter balancing proposal from India. The GSP status for India was withdrawn by USA [Read More]
The article highlights the need of multilateralism as India’s prime weapon to fight the new cold war which would be defined by technology and trade over territory. The article highlights a number of opportunities where [Read More]
Multilateralism is at the lowest. The weakening of the WTO functions were signs of it and the recent attack on WHO is another indicator of the same. Further, the US and China, the 2 global [Read More]
Relevance The US removed more than a dozen countries including India from its list of countries that are classified as ‘developing’. The countries will now be classified as “developed” which strips them of many trade [Read More]
Relevance The US-China trade war started with imposing tariffs and counter tariffs by the two countries on each other. There have been many speculations of whether this will effect India or not. India is directly [Read More]
Relevance: Globalization and the international rules-based order that underpins it are under siege. The system of rules and regulations that has governed world trade for decades is under threat. In both the US and Europe [Read More]
India and China are quite often than not dubbed as the two arch-rivals in the modern era of geo-politics. Starting from South China Sea region to Indian Ocean, and access to Central Asia to resources and market of Africa, in every respect…
The World Trade Organization (WTO) & the global trading system are encountering some critical challenges in connection with unilateral measures & counter measures by a few members, impasse in crucial areas of negotiations… [Read More]
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