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WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and Covid vaccine

‘Last week’s WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded with pro-corporate, anti-worker, and anti-development outcomes on all major issues of access to medicines, agriculture, digital trade, and the future of…

WTO leadership race seen as hostage to US election

The World Trade Organization’s effort to select a leader entered a new stage this week as ambassadors from 164 member countries met with senior officials for private ‘confessionals’ to say…

Newton in a dupatta

Some time back, a publisher submitted a science textbook to the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) for review and approval for use in schools. On one of the pages…

The WTO: decisions and constraints

The selection of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian national, as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is significant for at least two reasons. She is the first woman to…

The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

The WTO dispute settlement mechanism

When the Indian state of Telangana announced a three-week window for free registration of land that had exchanged hands via hand-written notes on plain paper, the offer triggered more than…