Commerce secretary to meet WTO chief

New Delhi: Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal will meet the chief of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva this week ahead of the ministerial meeting of the multi-lateral body next month in Cameroon, an official said. He will also meet ambassadors of other countries. This will be first official engagement of the secretary in Geneva on WTO issues with his team and the WTO chief in Geneva after becoming a commerce secretary. “The secretary will be in Geneva on February 12 and 13. He will do stock taking exercise with his team on WTO issues,” the official said. The Geneva-based multi-lateral body adjudicates trade disputes among member countries.