WTO & India: Changing Dynamics - By Sharmila Senthil Kumar

Trade delegates made strategic moves during the WTO’s six-day ministerial conference to deprioritize their national interests in order to benefit the common good. There was also quiet but critical compromise between the US and China that settled the question of Beijing’s ability to sidestep patent rights under the WTO’s new intellectual-property waiver.

The WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place from 12^th to 17^th June 2022 at WTO headquarters in Geneva. Ministers from across the world attended to review the functioning of the multilateral trading system, to make general statements and to take action on the future work of the WTO. ....