Graduating LDCs get little to laugh about, nor even guaranteed continuity of market-access privileges, as prolonged parleys at the WTO ministerial ended with late-night declaration encoding developed-developing divide over trade rules. Extended until midnight Friday, the 13th Ministerial Conferenc

After extending the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Friday in Abu Dhabi, coupled with overnight works of the negotiators, there was an indication that it might be extended to Saturday if the negotiators couldn't reach consensus by Friday midnight. The

A decade ago, the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) rolled over to whole night on the last day with India virtually stalling negotiations over 'peace clause' in deal for food security, and it repeats. As such back then, the 9th Ministerial Conference (MC9) in Bali adop

Little comes out of hard bargains so far about deals on major areas like agriculture, fisheries subsidies, e-commerce moratorium and reform in dispute-settlement mechanism as the WTO ministerial nears its close. The ongoing ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is getting

A joint communication of four South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, has been moved at the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meet on demand for a work programme facilitating low-cost cross-border remittance. Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka submitted the demand note Tuesday at

Little comes out of hard bargains so far about deals on major areas like agriculture, fisheries subsidies, e-commerce moratorium and reform in dispute-settlement mechanism as the WTO ministerial nears its close. The ongoing ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is getting in

More than six years ago, the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended without any progress on critical issues but three plurilateral initiatives. Six years later, one of the initiatives is now almost at the final stage of being incorporated in the WTO as a plurilat

Retaining privileges after LDC graduation gets into focus as commerce ministers and senior trade officials of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) countries start hectic negations on the rules of trade, amid geopolitical tensions raging around. The four-day 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the