Commerce Secretary meets WTO chief in Geneva ahead of 14th Ministerial conference

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal connected Friday (February 13, 2026) held meetings with WTO main Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala successful Geneva and discussed issues pertaining to the forthcoming ministerial league successful Cameroon.

The 14th ministerial league (MC14) is scheduled astatine Yaounde, Cameroon, from March 26-29 this year. The league is the highest decision-making assemblage of the 166-member World Trade Organization (WTO).

"Discussed cardinal priorities for making MC14 a positive, balanced and inclusive Ministerial. Highlighted India's continued committedness towards constructive engagement with WTO Members for strengthening rules based MTS (multi-lateral trading system)," said a societal media station by the Permanent Mission of India astatine WTO, Geneva.

The Commerce Secretary besides met with Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors of assorted processing countries and discussed cardinal issues successful the discourse of MC14.

This was the archetypal authoritative engagement of Agrawal with WTO main successful Geneva aft becoming commerce secretary.

Besides monitoring planetary exports and imports, WTO adjudicates commercialized disputes among subordinate countries.