Roberto Azevedo Current Affairs, GK & News

WTO members fail to agree on an interim leader due to political differences

August 1, 2020

The World Trade Organization has not been able to select a caretaker chief due to an impasse among the members who must agree by November on a replacement for the outgoing Director-General Roberto Azevedo. It has been reported by the organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. Details The WTO is unlikely to able to fill the ..

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India to host WTO Ministerial Meeting of Developing Countries

May 12, 2019

India will be hosting a World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting of developing countries in New Delhi on 13-14 May 2019. The aim is to discuss various challenges being faced by multilateral rules-based-trading system. Key Highlights of Meeting Participants: includes Six Least Developed Countries (LDC), namely Benin, Bangladesh, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Uganda, Malawi. ..

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India to pitch Trade Facilitation in Services at WTO

February 9, 2017

India will make a presentation on the proposed Trade Facilitation in Services (TFS) Agreement to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Roberto Azevedo and India Inc. The global pact proposed by India to boost services trade at the WTO-level aims to ease norms including those relating to movement of foreign skilled workers and professionals across ..

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