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The head of the World Trade Organization is predicting a “bumpy and rocky" road as the international trade body opens its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years

The ruling on whether or not to waive patent rules will this week show if the trade body is for the world or the west

The World Trade Organization gathers ministers in Geneva Sunday to tackle pressing issues including global food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines. With its first ministerial meeting in years, WTO faces pressure to finally eke out long-sought trade deals and show unity…

Egypt has called for boosting the response to the food security challenges in developing countries. The Foreign Ministry said Egypt submitted a draft resolution to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on enhancing the organization's response to food security challenges in developing, net food-importing countries, and least developed countries. The draft…

The World Trade Organization is facing one of its most dire moments, the culmination of years of slide toward oblivion and ineffectiveness.

Government ministers from World Trade Organization member countries are gathering for four days to tackle key issues like overfishing of the seas, COVID-19 vaccines for the developing world and food security

The U.S. Trade Representative highlighted IP challenges in India in its annual Special 301 report released last month

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In a telephone interview with Reuters, WTO's Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an agreement on waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines is within reach. A key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting is scheduled next week to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver debate. "If we get one or two deliverables, that…

An international agreement on waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines is within reach ahead of a global trade meeting next week, the head of the World Trade Organization said on Wednesday.