Key Points
The draft package circulated ahead of the Abu Dhabi World Trade Organisation (WTO) conference next week has highlighted trade inclusiveness, womens participation in trade, industrial policy and environment issues that India and many other developing countries are opposed to...
The draft which will form the basis on which 164 WTO members will negotiate an outcome at the 13th ministerial conference has presented two options on public stockholding, a key issue of concern to New Delhi..
The first option is a work programme to make recommendations for a permanent solution and the second is setting parameters for continuous discussion to reach a permanent solution at the next ministerial meeting...
On facilitating participation of women and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in trade, the package said these are general messages on cross-cutting issues that do not change the rights or obligations of WTO members and do not relate to any joint statement initiatives (JSIs)...
India and many developing countries are opposed to such issues as they are not related to trade, dont have the consensus of all 164 members, and are being pushed when the longstanding and mandated issues related to food security remain unresolved..
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