13th WTO Ministerial Conference talks to enter fifth day as consensus yet to be reached on key issues [Video]

Multilateral talks at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi are set to enter the fifth day as consensus is yet to be reached on several key issues.This includes issues like agriculture, fisheries, dispute settlement, moratorium on customs duty on e-commerce. 

The formal closing session of MC-13 in Abu Dhabi has been postponed to 3:30 pm on Friday as hectic discussions are underway to reach a consensus between demands of developing and developed countries. Ministers of member countries are expected to act on a draft package of documents after the formal closing session. This will be followed by a closing press conference by the MC-13 Chair and WTO‘s Director General, for which the exact time has not been determined.

India has sought lowering of the cost of remittances from developed countries to developingand least developed countries. It has also opposed the proposal for infrastructure facilitation for development (IFD) by …