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QCO Compliance Date For Electrical Appliances Extended To 19 March 2026; MSEs Get Additional Six Months

AIMPWAMay 21, 2025

New Delhi, May 21 (KNN) The government has decided to delay the implementation of the Quality Control Order (QCO) on electrical appliances for a period of one year following industry requests. This decision came after a stakeholder meeting held by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) with various associations representing electrical appliance...

WTO Chairs Programme activities launched at Dominican Republic university

AIMPWAMay 20, 2025

On 13 May 2025, Universidad Iberoamericana in the Dominican Republic launched its activities under the WTO Chairs Programme. The university was recently added to the Programme — along with four other institutions — to expand the network in under-represented regions. The team at the university is led by Professor Dayanna Polanco, a specialist in business...

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AIMPWAMay 20, 2025

Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam, who chaired the 43rd Round of Consultations of the Director-General’s Consultative Framework Mechanism for Cotton (DGCFMC), drew members’ attention to the latest meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Partenariat pour le Coton” initiative, which built on a series of national consultations held last year in the Cotton 4+ countries (Benin,...

Lesotho formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

AIMPWAMay 20, 2025

On 20 May, Lesotho’s WTO Ambassador Tsiu Khathibe presented his country’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Lesotho is the 99th WTO member to deposit its acceptance of the Agreement with the WTO. Source link

West Bengal Pushes For MSME Expansion In North, 4 Industrial Parks Announced

AIMPWAMay 20, 2025

Kolkata, May 20 (KNN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee emphasised the importance of establishing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) throughout north Bengal during the North Bengal Business Meet held in Siliguri on Monday. The Chief Minister specifically called for the development of additional industrial parks to accommodate these enterprises. This initiative appears to...

WTO members discuss duty-free electronic transmissions, hear views from private sector

AIMPWAMay 19, 2025

Members discussed the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions at a workshop held on 15 May, which included private sector perspectives and a report by United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on the indirect taxation of e-commerce. The facilitator of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Ambassador Richard Brown of Jamaica,...

Sustainability discussions focus on trade policy considerations and practices

AIMPWAMay 19, 2025

WTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) met on 12-13 May to continue discussing four key sustainability topics. Discussions covered subsidies for the decarbonization of maritime transport, challenges and opportunities faced by developing economies regarding trade and circular economy, experiences with facilitating trade in environmental goods and services, and interoperability...

China Round Table on WTO Accessions, focusing on Arab economies, concludes in Muscat

AIMPWAMay 19, 2025

The 13th China Round Table on WTO Accessions, held from 12 to 14 May 2025 in Muscat, Oman, provided an opportunity for acceding governments and WTO members to share experiences on their accession to and participation in the WTO, with a special emphasis on economic integration in the Arab region. A high-level session also marked...

Russia initiates WTO dispute regarding EU’s carbon border adjustment and emissions trading

AIMPWAMay 19, 2025

The Russian Federation has requested WTO dispute consultations with the European Union and member states concerning the EU’s “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Package” and alleged export subsidy under the EU scheme for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances. The request was circulated to WTO members on 19 May. Source link

Georgia formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

AIMPWAMay 19, 2025

On 19 May, Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Genadi Arveladze, presented his country’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Georgia is the 98th WTO member to deposit its acceptance of the Agreement with the WTO. Source link

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Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny

AIMPWAAugust 2, 2025

A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In a Friday afternoon post on X, Khan linked to an article about Figma’s impressive first day of trading and argued the IPO is “a great reminder that letting startups grow into independently successful businesses, rather than be...

Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models

AIMPWAAugust 2, 2025

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic and...

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Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries takes the AI stage at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen defense is being built from the ground up with AI at its core. Inside the AI...

From Meta’s massive offers to Anthropic’s massive valuation, does AI have a ceiling?

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Meta is still going all-in on the AI talent war, with Mark Zuckerberg reportedly reaching out to top recruits himself, throwing around jaw-dropping compensation packages that top $1 billion over multiple years. And Meta’s latest target? Mira Murati’s new startup, Thinking Machines Lab. It’s a bold play in an already overheated market. While Zuck eyes...

Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers. Google’s investment comes as part of an $8.5 million equity funding round, which also saw investment from Japanese gaming giants Bandai Namco Entertainment, Square Enix, and Reazon Holdings. Aptos Labs and King River Capital, as well as existing...

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