Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy

The TFA (Trade Facilitation Agreement), in and of itself, is a huge accomplishment for the WTO, re-establishing that its members can reach significant outcomes on a multilateral basis. Admittedly, the rest of the Doha agenda, which was launched more than a decade ago, remains a challenge, and new tests are on the horizon.

Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR), Michael Punke while testifying before a Congressional Committee _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The BRICS isn’t a trade bloc, it’s a group of letters making up a word and created by an economist.

Brazilian Foreign Trade Association President, Jose Augusto de Castro _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Trade negotiations will begin once the composite dialogue between the two countries starts on all subjects, including Kashmir.

Pakistani Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, in an interview with a news channel _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The measures taken by the government and the RBI helped contain India’s current account deficit at $32.4 billion in FY2014 and build up foreign exchange reserves to a level of $316.4 billion as on July 4, 2014.

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, while replying to A question in the Rajya Sabha _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I strongly urge the US to look squarely at the fact of the long-term, systematic violation of WTO rules in its legislation and practices in the trade remedy area.

China’s Commerce Minister, Gao Hucheng after WTO handed Beijing initial victory in a trade dispute _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What it is really saying is that in spite of all of the differences, the emerging markets can work together, in a way more effectively than some of the advanced countries can work together.

Nobel Laureate in economics and former World Bank chief, Joseph Stiglitz on the BRICS forming the New Development Bank (NBD)