India, May 1 -- Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, regulatory divergence, and deepening uncertainty in global trade, leading policymakers and experts called for urgent, coordinated efforts to revitalise the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at a high-level dialogue in New Delhi.

The roundtable, titled "MC14 Outcomes and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System", was jointly organised by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) and CUTS International at the India International Centre.

Chairing the session, Shashi Tharoor emphasised that the current challenges facing the WTO go beyond routine negotiating deadlocks and reflect deeper structural shifts in the global trading system. He highlighted growing geopolitical fragmen...