Fearing Donald Trump victory, developed countries push WTO deals

But India not keen to join efforts on fisheries and e-commerce JSI

Fearing the re-election of Republican challenger Donald Trump in the November US presidential election could paralyse activities of the World Trade Organization (WTO), developed countries are pushing to conclude the e-commerce Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) and fisheries agreements at the upcoming WTO General Council meeting in July. However, India is not keen to join the efforts.

“Members like the US, European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea are pushing to build consensus towards agreements on e-commerce JSI and fisheries. This is a bit of a jostling situation at present. There is no document submitted yet,” a Geneva-based