Photo: Priyanka Parashar/MintEven before it opens on 10 December, the Buenos Aires trade ministerial conference is mired in controversy. Be that as it may, the Buenos Aires meeting is being held at a particularly difficult period with the multilateral trading system being reduced to tatters. Washington is also adopting intransigent positions on multilateral trade issues scheduled to be discussed in Buenos Aires. Against this backdrop, how the Narendra Modi government is going to press its core developmental concerns at Buenos Aires remains to be seen. It is also a litmus test for Prabhu as to how he harnesses the support of other developing countries for addressing the challenges facing more than 400 million Indian farmers at Buenos Aires.

Source: Mint December 07, 2017 23:03 UTC