WTO’s 5th Day Meet: Talks On to Break Impasse Over Agri, Fisheries Issues

The meeting of the highest decision-making body of the WTO on Friday entered the fifth day with key members including India, the US, and the EU holding talks to iron out differences on issues such as agriculture, fisheries subsidies, and duty moratorium on e-commerce trade. The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC), which was to end on February 29, extended for a day as developing and developed nations were unable to find common ground on these key issues. The members are talking to end the impasse and so far things have not moved much, an official said. "There are nine countries in…