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The last petrol station before Bali

The success of the Ministerial meeting depends on the WTO members putting together the broad contours of a deal by August

Balancing the trade act

India must assess the merits of the existing FTAs & react to the new ones

South Asia: All in one

A unified community will help cross-border investments across nations

More food for 'multilateral' thought

The G33's food security proposal is likely to be a contentious issue with developed countries, especially the US, in the upcoming Bali Ministerial meet

The WTO after Lamy

Whoever gets selected from a shortlist of five candidates will have to kick-start the Doha Round

Siam's aversion to EU-FTA

The industry body argues against tariff reduction in the auto sector

Negotiating China's future

The country's focus on domestic demand will influence the Doha talks

Spurring innovation in SMEs

A WTO council focuses on the need for supporting companies to invent and create within the Intellectual Property Rights system in the country

T S Vishwanath: Balancing trade and farming

The G33 nations ask for more flexibility on farm subsidies in WTO talks

T S Vishwanath: Look beyond IT services

India needs to create demand for other sectors in FTAs across Asia

T S Vishwanath: The Transatlantic mega-bloc

The US, as of now, has free trade agreements with about 20 countries. But most of them are with countries for political and strategic reasons

T S Vishwanath: Renewed hopes in 2013

India's bilateral deals with some trade partners may finally work out

T S Vishwanath: Doha - B20 talks business

A coalition of the largest industry bodies from G20 countries aims to strengthen the strategy for higher global growth and job creation

T S Vishwanath: A drag on the developing world

Bilateral investment treaties can adversely impact policy space for govts

T S Vishwanath: Rendezvous in Bali

The next ministerial conference may actually achieve some results

T S Vishwanath: A thin silver lining

Trade facilitation measures outnumber restrictive ones - but only just

T S Vishwanath: How IT became competitive

A working paper on the Information Technology Agreement-I provides interesting insights on the impact of the plurilateral agreement on India's IT-related services exports

T S Vishwanath: New trade winds

Member countries show a collective desire to re-engage at the WTO

T S Vishwanath: 'Thrash out' trade differences

WTO should focus more on what it 'should do' than what it 'can do'

T S Vishwanath: Unsound barriers

Trade regulations need to be transparent and fair across nations