<h1>Trade transparency and WTO reform need capacity-building, not retaliation, to ensure fair compliance and multilateral balance.</h1> Trade transparency under the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade framework requires members to share information on trade policies, subsidies and regulatory measures, but India has cautioned that transparency must not be weaponised to justify trade retaliation or challenge legitimate domestic policies. It stressed that disclosure obligations should be backed by sustained capacity-building support so all members, especially developing countries, can meet them fairly and effectively. India also supported time-bound WTO reform with milestones, robust evidentiary analysis and a member-driven consensus process.