New Delhi, March 26 -- Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday urged comprehensive and inclusive reforms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), emphasizing the need to prioritize development, equity and transparency in global trade governance.

He stressed that WTO reforms must remain "member-driven", uphold core principles such as non-discrimination and consensus-based decision-making, and ensure special and differential treatment (S&DT) provisions are "precise, effective and operational".

"A dysfunctional Dispute Settlement System has deprived members of effective redressal. We must restore the automatic and binding dispute settlement system," Goyal said at the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon.

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