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Related Keywords: African, Agriculture, cotton, export, Malian, raw cotton, Textile, World Trade Organization

Major African cotton producer Mali expects to increase output to 1 million tonnes annually within two to three years as it mulls new cotton varieties to boost yields, its agriculture minister said in an interview on Monday.

Mali is targeting a record 2019/20 cotton crop of 800,000 tonnes this year which is expected to make it the top producer in Africa, edging out rival Burkina Faso.

Related Keywords: cannot be resolved, Dr Tauqir Shah, made to compete with heavily subsidized cotton, major players, other developing countries, Pakistan Ambassador to global trade body, Problems of Pakistani farmers, special session on cotton, World Trade Organization

Problems of farmers in Pakistan and other developing countries cannot be resolved as long as the farmers are made to compete with heavily subsidized cotton from major players. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the global trade body Dr Tauqir Shah while addressing the special session on cotton at World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva said that they call for a swift and speedy action which allows their cotton growers along with textile industry to fairly compete into the world market.

Related Keywords: after twelve economies signed TPP deal, alternative trade bloc, backed on export focus, China, improve access to Asian markets, India stepping efforts, Make in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RCEP agreement, reach deal centered on China, World Trade Organization

Now, after 12 advanced economies accounting for 40 percent of the global economy signed a TPP deal, India's trade negotiators feel they need to get a move on. India is stepping up efforts to reach agreement with an alternative trade bloc centered on China and hopes to reach a deal this year.

New Delhi has long been seen by many countries as an intransigent player at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a multilateral forum that has struggled to find the consensus it needs to move forward.

Related Keywords: African countries mainly Burkina, beginning of next year, Benin, can begin export cotton, Chad and Mali and other developing countries, developed countries, duty and quota free, Faso, gain greater access to non-producing foreign markets, global deal sealed, LDCs to export more cotton, tenth Ministerial Conference, World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization’s 10th Ministerial Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, from December 15 to 19, was the first such meeting hosted by an African nation where the ministers agreed on a deal that will allow least developed countries (LDCs) to export more cotton to developed countries. Following a global deal sealed, African countries mainly Burkina, Faso, Benin, Chad and Mali and other developing countries can begin to export their cotton to developed countries duty-and quota-free from from beginning of next year, January1, 2016.

Related Keywords: business process outsourcing, cotton, east African countries, five years project, for export, improve competitiveness, International Trade Centre, linkage with Indian companies, meet Indian market demand, produce high-quality products, project targets priority sectors, SITA, textiles and apparel, United Nations, World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization and the United Nations mandated the International Trade Centre (ITC) to design and implement a five years projects called Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) to improve competitiveness of five east African countries through linkages with Indian companies.

The $20 million India-East Africa trade and investment improving projects, aims to boost business between the two sides on selected sectors.