India ‘sad’ over countries’ obstructing outcomes at WTO

India's trade minister said on Thursday he was "sad" some countries were still obstructing significant outcomes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and gave little sign of dropping New Dehli's opposition to extending a waiver on digital tariffs. The WTO ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi this week is seeking deals on ending fishing subsidies and extending a moratorium on digital trade tariffs – a move that India and South Africa oppose. "Of course we feel sad that some countries are still obstructing significant outcomes that could have helped less developed countries and developing countries gain confidence in the working of WTO," Piyush Goyal told reporters on the final day of the talks.