Goyal Calls Upon WTO To Address Non-Tariff Barriers

India has called for action to curb non-tariff barriers, address trade distortions caused by non-market economies, and restore a strong dispute settlement mechanism at the WTO, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.

- PTI

The minister also pitched for strengthening the current consensus-based approach at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the special and differential treatment given to less developed countries and developing countries, and bringing back focus on issues that have already been finalised and mandated at previous ministerial meetings. "India made a strong pitch for addressing non-tariff barriers that certain countries use to deprive others of market access, take necessary act