IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccine on Piyush Goyal-WTO chief meet agenda

The latest push by India and South Africa on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on Covid-19 vaccine is one of the agenda

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to meet World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in New Delhi this week to discuss key issues related to global trade.
 
Okonjo-Iweala's maiden visit to India since her appointment in February comes in the backdrop of the crucial WTO 12th ministerial conference (MC12) that will be held on 30 November-3 December in Geneva.
 
This ministerial conference is the highest decision-making body of the WTO and can even take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral trade agreements. The MC customarily meets every two years, but