India Asks WTO To Address New Trade Barriers By Developed Nations Including COVID Passports, Vaccine Discrimination

India has raised the issue of new trade barriers being imposed by some developed countries including vaccine discrimination and COVID passports, saying that they impacting movement of persons and services exports, reports Economic Times.

Taking up these issues at a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last week, India said that the global trade body should address the "new and emerging" trade barriers.

According to the report, India also defended export restrictions at WTO and said they were a legitimate policy tools available with the members of the global trade body.