10 June 2021 – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reiterates intentions to stand up for barley and wine producers But any road through the World Trade Organization (WTO) could be riddled with difficulties Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government will ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resolve its wine-tariff trade dispute with…
15 March 2021 – India told the countries objecting to the new regulations that the matter cannot be raised at WTO and needs to be bilaterally discussed. (Photo: Bloomberg) India’s free trade partners have raised concerns at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that its insistence on additional documents to determine the origin of imported…
12 March 2021 – Cross border traders can now engage in export and import trade with ease particularly during the hard times of the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to the Rwanda trade portal. Traders say the portal has significantly reduced time taken to accessing export and import trade information. The Rwanda Trade Portal (https://rwandatrade.rw/) is an…
14 January 2021 – The Philippines plans to temporarily withdraw tariff concessions on motor vehicles and other imports from Thailand in retaliation to the latter’s non-compliance to a ruling on tax treatment on the former’s cigarettes. A notice for public hearing by the Tariff Commission showed 37 tariff lines will be covered by the planned…
