Key Points
India has opposed the European Union's bid to push new issues such as carbon taxes, industrial subsidies, women and climate at the upcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the garb of "deliberative functions" or "conversation with ministers" that seek to reform the body...
Officials said the EU wants an open-ended work programme for such issues while developing countries are against them being discussed among ministers as they don't have a negotiating mandate from the global trade body...
Deliberation sessions have been planned for the first time at the 13th ministerial conference of the WTO for ministers to discuss various issues...
The EU has identified three areas of systemic importance - trade policy and state intervention in support of industrial sectors, global environmental challenges, and trade and inclusiveness - to reinvigorate the deliberative function of the WTO...
As part of its "30 For 30" proposal to reform the WTO, India has suggested 34 operational changes to the body such as putting in place a 12-month cooling-off period before hiring any ambassador to the WTO in any roles in the organisation, resolving old issues before adding new ones, and a time-bound work programme to make dispute settlement more accessible for the developing countries...
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