<p>The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has asked all its members to submit information regarding recent trade related measures taken in response to coronavirus outbreak.</p>.<p>India is member of the Geneva-based WTO since 1995. The global body deals with global exports and imports related norms.</p>.<p>WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo has "asked members to provide the Secretariat with information about their COVID-19 policies with trade implications, emphasising that whatever they submit would be used purely for transparency purposes".</p>.<p>The DG also stressed the importance of transparency with regard to trade-related measures, arguing that it would be particularly useful for the many countries that rely on imports for medical supplies.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-tibetan-refugee-dies-in-himachal-pradesh-indias-death-toll-rises-to-9-799686.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The WTO has set up a task force of experts to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on trade flows and the overall global economy.</p>.<p>"The current COVID-19 pandemic represents an almost unprecedented health crisis, and members are understandably responding by introducing legislation and policies to seek to combat this health emergency," according to Azevedo. </p>.<p>These include steps that are trade-related, such as export measures and economic support programmes.</p>.<p>Seeking this information was part of a longstanding transparency exercise in which the WTO Secretariat compiles regular reports on trade-facilitating and restricting measures introduced by members of the group of 20 leading economies as well as by the WTO membership as a whole.</p>.<p>In the last few weeks, India has banned exports of products like sanitisers, all types of ventillators, masks and anti-malarial drug. </p>
<p>The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has asked all its members to submit information regarding recent trade related measures taken in response to coronavirus outbreak.</p>.<p>India is member of the Geneva-based WTO since 1995. The global body deals with global exports and imports related norms.</p>.<p>WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo has "asked members to provide the Secretariat with information about their COVID-19 policies with trade implications, emphasising that whatever they submit would be used purely for transparency purposes".</p>.<p>The DG also stressed the importance of transparency with regard to trade-related measures, arguing that it would be particularly useful for the many countries that rely on imports for medical supplies.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-tibetan-refugee-dies-in-himachal-pradesh-indias-death-toll-rises-to-9-799686.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The WTO has set up a task force of experts to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on trade flows and the overall global economy.</p>.<p>"The current COVID-19 pandemic represents an almost unprecedented health crisis, and members are understandably responding by introducing legislation and policies to seek to combat this health emergency," according to Azevedo. </p>.<p>These include steps that are trade-related, such as export measures and economic support programmes.</p>.<p>Seeking this information was part of a longstanding transparency exercise in which the WTO Secretariat compiles regular reports on trade-facilitating and restricting measures introduced by members of the group of 20 leading economies as well as by the WTO membership as a whole.</p>.<p>In the last few weeks, India has banned exports of products like sanitisers, all types of ventillators, masks and anti-malarial drug. </p>