Tuesday, 14 May 2019

WTO ministerial meeting of developing countries began in Delhi

WTO ministerial meeting of developing countries began in Delhi

The World Trade Organisation, WTO ministerial meeting of developing countries began in New Delhi today.

The two-day meeting is being held at a time when the multilateral rule-based-trading system is facing serious and grave challenges.

The meeting will provide an opportunity for the Ministers to discuss various issues and the way forward.

On the first day today, a meeting of senior officers of the participating countries is being held.

The Ministerial Meeting will be held tomorrow.

Sixteen developing countries and six Least Developed Countries, LDCs are participating in the meeting.

It includes China, South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.

The Director-General of WTO Roberto Azevedo is also participating in the meeting.