complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go … both in the WTO and through bilateral/regional agreements. In this context, this paper examines how new service sectors … like express delivery services (EDS) are addressed in WTO/FTAs and its implications for India. Express delivery services …

Organization (WTO), under which members agreed to a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions. Progress on broader … background, the paper presents the discussions on e-commerce in the WPEC and the JSI. It presents India's position in the WTO and …

For many years now, lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations has been a major cause of concern among WTO … account of the use of OPAs in the GATT 1947 era and of its revival under the WTO Agreement. It describes the various areas of … the WTO Agreement in which OPAs can be successfully employed to make progress in liberalisation as well as in rule …

countries of the WTO will have access to a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM). This means that developing countries will now have …

exploring the possibility of open, transparent and non-discriminatory e-commerce trade rules in the WTO. India has not joined … this group as commitments in the WTO may reduce the ability of the government to promote and support domestic industry … understand the growth of the e-commerce sector globally and in India, the developments in the WTO, and India's position. Based on …

) enhance the export competitiveness of this sector (b) be WTO compliant and (c) ensure greater market access for Indian apparel …

in international forums such as the WTO and G20 and trade rules on PSEs are being negotiated in several bilateral …

India's graduation from the ranks of low-income countries, making it ineligible under the WTO rules to grant export … export competitiveness but do not constitute subsidies at all under the WTO Agreement. First, it should introduce a … dispute raised by the US in the WTO has gone against India but India has lodged an appeal. Since the Appellate Body has become …