As new trading arrangements evolve, India is not in the room access of knowledge

A significant casualty at WTO has been the lack of any meaningful outcome of the negotiations on rules of trade that members set for themselves under the Doha Development Agenda in 2001. The fissures were officially recorded in the declaration of the 10th ministerial conference in 2015. Adopted by consensus, the Nairobi Declaration had then noted that while “many” members reaffirm the Doha mandate, others do not, and that while “many Members want to carry out the work on the basis of the Doha structure”, “some want to explore new architectures”, as well as “identify and discuss other issues for negotiation”. India had then expressed its deep disappointment at the Declaration...