India, March 4 -- The 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ended without an agreement on any of the major issues. Among the items which prevented a decision - they are only taken when there is unanimity - are issues central to Global South such as agriculture, fisheries, taxing of global e-commerce giants and areas where advanced countries have precipitated matters such as the body's dispute-resolution mechanism. To be sure, WTO has always been a bargaining table for the Global North and South to balance their interests without jeopardising rules-based global trade. But, its members are finding it more and more difficult to arrive at a common ground on many issues....