India supports WTO despite U.S. bashing

Record ID: 942426

  • Title: India supports WTO despite U.S. bashing
  • Date: 12th December 2017
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 11, 2017) (REUTERS) INDIAN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER, SURESH PRABHU (YELLOW TIE), WALKING WITH OTHER INDIAN OFFICIALS AT WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) MINISTERIAL GENERAL VIEW, PRABHU SEATED AT TABLE ON STAGE AT NEWS CONFERENCE PRABHU AT TABLE JOURNALISTS FILMING CONFERENCE GENERAL VIEW, PRABHU SEATED AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (
  • Embargoed: 26th December 2017 00:27
  • Keywords: WTO World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting multilateral trade talks India Argentina Suresh Prabhu
  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017BH2KAV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: India's Commerce and Industry Minister expressed his country's support for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the group's 11th ministerial meeting in Buenos on Monday (December 11), even as the U.S. representative criticized the organisation.
    U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who has said he does not want major agreements out of the meeting, voiced concern that the WTO was becoming a litigation-centered organisation.
    Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu, however, said India was in favour of "open, transparent, democratic platforms" to discuss trade issues.
    Prabhu also noted that the WTO, "is a platform that has been created over a long period of time, (that) helps us to understand each other better, and (that) supports almost a level playing field for all countries."
    Ahead of the meeting, the United States blocked efforts to draft a joint statement emphasizing the "centrality" of the global trade system and the need to aid development. Its opposition has raised concerns that the WTO will not be able to accomplish even modest goals, such as addressing fishing and agricultural subsidies at the conference.
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