WTO members cite India’s block on budget move as evidence of deeper issues

India this week blocked an operational move at the World Trade Organization to use a 2021 budget surplus for a variety of “mandatory and unavoidable expenses” in 2023, a decision that had consensus before India unexpectedly blocked it from approval. Now, other WTO members are pointing to New Delhi’s gambit as indicative of a deeper issue involving how some use – and abuse – the organization’s consensus-based decision making. The General Council, during its meeting earlier this week, was set...