ndia needs to revisit its recalcitrance and play a far more proactive role in addressing the WTO dispute settlement crisis.

As the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are removed in a phased manner and economic activities are allowed to commence based on the weekly classification of the districts as either "red", "orange" or "green" ...

Covid-19 has resulted in a spate of uncertainties that both governments and businesses are little prepared for.

Find a way to incentivise innovators developing medicines and vaccines, yet ensure access to the innovation is for all.

the rapidly evolving stage of world trade, India needs to redefine its role from one that reacts to events, to one that shapes the same.

Domestic flight and passenger trains have been allowed in a limited manner and operations shall be further expanded in a calibrated way

The "national security" exception is a preserve for sovereign power which finds a place in the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and practically all subsequent trade agreements, but has never been tested in a trade dispute.

Technology has had a transformative impact on various aspects of our lives. The way we rely on technology today, for communicating with people, shopping, hailing taxis, making airline

The "national security" exception is a preserve for sovereign power which finds a place in the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter "GATT") ...

It is a gross misunderstanding to consider that the WTO and multilateral trading rules curtail the policy space for incentivising the domestic industry.

On 17.05.2020 the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India ("MHA" or "GOI") extended the national lockdown till May 31, 2020 and also issued new guidelines...

The Union Cabinet on 28.08.2019, approved the proposal for Review of Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") addressing the following aspects:

The Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development at MC11 was issued by 70 WTO members, including 28 members of the EU.

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), accorded by the US to imports from India since 1976, stood terminated as on June 5, 2019.

The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, by means of an Order 6227(E) dated 20.12.2018 issued under s. 69(1) of The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 ("IT Act") ...

Global foreign investment flows have a crucial role to play in economic growth. Dismantling government approvals and controls over inbound investments is often seen as a key factor for assessing ease of doing business.

Find a way to incentivise innovators developing medicines and vaccines, yet ensure access to the innovation is for all.

The WTO is facing challenges on several fronts, with the most critical under its dispute settlement system—which comprises of a two-level process:

Recently, the High Court of Delhi, while deciding a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 challenging an order passed by an arbitrator, held that claims that have already been raised ...

The General Data Protection Regulation sets down the minimum standards for processing of personal data of EU citizens, and strict conditions that need to be satisfied for any cross-border transfer of EU data.