India sticks to fishing demands as WTO tries to avoid an impasse - Economic Times

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told a meeting of delegates Tuesday that it would not bend on demands for extensive exceptions on a 20-year negotiation to curb harmful government fishery subsidies, according to a statement on his ministrys website.

Prospects for a grand redemption of the World Trade Organization dimmed as India stuck to its demands on several fronts during the third day of the trade bodys ministerial conference in Geneva. Comm… [+4837 chars]

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