India to focus on Trade Facilitation pact for services at WTO meet

India is pitching for the pact as services contribute 60% to of its GDP, employ 28% of its workforce

India will be focusing on the Trade Facilitation Agreement for services at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

Talking about a concept note introduced by India at the WTO last year, Sitharaman said India's position reflected that of other major nations with a strength on trade in services.

The ministry has worked on this and has also taken a legal vetting, she added.

Major member economies of the WTO, such as India and the US, are expected to talk on trade-related issues on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos later this month.

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