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WTO summit: India to pitch for greater services trade, less protectionism

Roberto Azevedo, WTO's director general, to attend the event

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World Trade Organisation

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
The two-day mini ministerial meeting starting Monday, which will bring key member-nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) here, is expected to see India pitch for greater liberalisation of services trade and stitch a global coalition against growing protectionism.

The summit is being hosted at a time when the United States under the Donald Trump administration has repeatedly questioned the need for the WTO and supported more bypassing of the rules-based WTO regime. “The summit will also be crucial towards generating greater support for issues concerning India, such as a permanent solution to agricultural stockpiling for the purpose of food security,”