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Tag: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Turkmenistan receives observer status in the World Trade Organization

July 24, 2020
WTO

  • Turkmenistan has been given observer status (25th country) by the World Trade Organization (WTO ) General Council. Turkmenistan has become the last former Soviet republic to make formal ties with the trade body.
  • The Central Asian country submitted a request for observer status in May and expressed willingness to trigger the talks on accession to the WTO within five years.

India selects Brajendra Navnit as Ambassador to the WTO

June 7, 2020
Brajendra Navnit
  • India has selected Brajendra Navnit, a 1999 IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre as its Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet recommended his appointment for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge.

WTO chief Roberto Azevedo resigns from post

May 15, 2020
Roberto Azevedo
  • The head of the World Trade Organization, Roberto Azevedo will resign from his post on August 31. He became the WTO chief in 2013.
  • The 62-year-old Brazilian career diplomat’s second four-year term was not scheduled to end until September 2021.