All nations should enhance transparency in trade, build trust: Goyal

24 Jul 2020 Evaluate
In order to prevent losing their role as a preeminent trade partner, the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called for all nations to enhance transparency in their trade and build trust. He said that for trade to play its part in the recovery process, all the partners must be trustworthy and transparent. 

The Minister also noted that the ongoing crisis has exposed the world to vulnerabilities, forcing to explore ways to support each other. He further said that trade can be an engine of reviving growth in such a scenario and this is premised on strengthening of the WTO based on its principles of openness, fairness, transparency, inclusivity, and non-discrimination.

Besides, the Minister called for removing multiple hurdles in access to medicines at affordable prices created by the lopsided WTO rules for protecting intellectual property. He mentioned that the TRIPS Agreement did not envisage a pandemic where demand for vaccines and medicines would come from several countries simultaneously, with the requirement changing at a rapid pace. He said that IPRs should not block access to critical medicines and other devices required for the treatment of the disease.

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