The World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference begins on Sunday in Buenos Aires. India has demanded a simple and effective permanent solution for public stockholding programmes with reasonable transparency and notifications requirements and without onerous/burdensome safeguard/anti-circumvention conditions. The G33’s proposal supported by more than 90 countries calls for a credible permanent solution with legal certainty. More than 90 countries support India’s position on e-commerce, said a South American trade envoy while asking not to be identified. It remains to be seen how India would harness the support it has among the large majority of members for securing credible results at Buenos Aires, the African envoy said.

Source: Mint December 03, 2017 19:41 UTC