WTO is not just a trade forum, says Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The WTO could not just be a trade forum and it had to keep development in mind, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries Nirmala Sitharaman said in an exclusive interview with The Hindu on Friday. She was speaking about its 10th Ministerial meet in Nairobi in December.

On yuan devaluation, she said India was identifying sectors that would be immediately affected. On halting discussions on a free trade pact with the EU, she said some 700 generic drugs tested in India were taken off the shelves of member-countries.