WTO, WEF partners with Alibaba's e-commerce portal to push talks

The latest move is expected to rattle India which has consistently refused to discuss a proposed set of global rules on e-commerce

The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have partnered with an e-commerce trade portal built by Jack Ma-led Alibaba to push discussions on the subject further.

The decision has not gone down well with India, which has consistently refused to discuss a proposed set of global rules on e-commerce. New Delhi has maintained the country’s policy space would shrink significantly and such rules would ultimately benefit the developed world.

News from Buenos Aires, where 164 member-nations of the WTO are taking part in the 11th ministerial conference, suggested early on Tuesday that the multilateral bodies have joined hands