The World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place from 12 to 17 June 2022 at WTO headquarters in Geneva. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that the trade ministers’ conference had struck an “unprecedented package of deliverables” which would make a difference to people’s lives across the planet. The former foreign and finance minister of Nigeria positioned herself as someone who can bang heads together and get business done. It is important as the last ministerial conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017 was seen as a flop after failing to strike any heavyweight deals.
Some delegations accused India of being intransigent on every topic under discussion at the WTO—where decisions can only pass with the agreement of every member. But Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal insisted: "India is not a roadblock on anything... People are realising that we were the ones who actually helped create the sole consensus."
The one of the major issues on the table was the plan for a Covid-19 vaccine patents waiver which India has been supporting.
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