This is how rich nations protect profits of multinational pharma firms

When rich nations insist on patent linkage provisions in bilateral and regional trade pacts, there is a way out

Earth has lost 60% of its animals since 1970

Is the world losing its biodiversity faster than it can replace? A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has some ominous news

Tribal farmers to harvest second bamboo crop after earning right to sell

Here’s the success story of people in 16 villages of Rajasthan who put up a fight against the district administration to be able to sell …

Terrorism has a hidden health legacy – as 9/11 shows

Around 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer linked to 9/11, to date. Data suggests that many more will be killed by toxic …

Clearing the smoke on packaging

WTO rules that Australian laws on tobacco packaging don't violate global obligations to protect intellectual property

How to counter Trump on trade tariffs and climate inaction? Impose carbon charges on US imports

Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs

Balancing trade wars

Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now

Red sanders not endangered anymore

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …

Humans will eat 20% more fish by 2030

The increase in consumption along with wastage of fish, overfishing is likely to have huge impacts on global food security

Here's how government is encouraging illegal trade in red sanders

A contradictory policy towards export of red sanders is fuelling illegality and hurting farmers

Not all is well with WTO: growing protectionism, trade wars threaten its existence

Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements

Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global …

Rich nations should reduce trade-distorting farm subsidies by 2019: India, China tell WTO

The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced

UK after Brexit: farm subsidy could be significantly reduced to comply with WTO rules

Being an EU member state, the UK had been insulated from WTO rules that dictate the size of subsidies and how they are paid

Ensure ethical trade in wild plants, consumers urged

New report highlights how many wild plants used in everyday products are sourced without any consideration to supply sustainability

How not to save WTO

The WTO mini-ministerial held in March in New Delhi showed a poverty of ideas on how to protect the multilateral trade bloc from US assaults

Taste for tradition

Home delivery services are taking traditional food everywhere. And the market is catching up too

Foreign food trade impacts importing countries’ environment too

Soybean farmers in a country that imports soybean have to switch to other crops on a land where there is leftover nitrogen after crop harvest

Trade in good food can end global hunger: report

Food regulation should be such that that healthy food is protected, not just food in general, says a new report 

Energy in news on May 4

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Stop importing black pepper, it’s causing price crash: growers to Centre

Despite a ban on sale of pepper under Rs 500 per kg, its price has dipped to Rs 335 per kg owing to imports from Vietnam, Sri Lanka

How government is subverting Forest Rights Act

Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …

With China banning import of plastic waste, who will bear the burden of recycling world's toxic scrap?

Experts say that Southeast Asia could become the world’s new plastic waste recycle hub

Get ready for post-globalisation era

India's trade negotiators have to fight hard to protect national interests

Fruits of globalisation have gone only to few at the top

We need to rewrite the rules of economy to ensure that ordinary citizens benefit