Controls on steel imports due to expire this week could be retained. Department for International Trade says a final decision has not been made. It follows a proposed approach set out by the international trade secretary on Thursday. The question of extending tariffs on steel imports is seen as potentially breaking World Trade Organization (WTO) … Read more
GENEVA: The World Trade organization (WTO) said on Tuesday it had rescheduled to March a ministerial conference that would have tackled thorny trade issues, including fisheries and intellectual property because of the pandemic. The meeting, the first at this level since 2017, was to have run from Tuesday to Friday and bring together some 4,000 figures, … Read more
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced early Saturday morning the postponement of its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) due to the surge of new COVID-19 variant in various countries. An outbreak of a particularly transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus has led several governments to impose travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers … Read more
