India will not compromise the interests of farmers. WTO talks enters fifth day

India made it clear during WTO talks that it would not compromise the interests of farmers and agri-related sectors. Deadlock continued over reducing farm subsidies and on providing protection to poor farmers of developing nations in case of import surge as WTO talks enters fifth day.

The 10th WTO Ministerial was originally scheduled to end last night but developed and developing countries failed to iron out differences on these issues.

India has also asserted to include the public stockholding issue for food security purposes in the preamble of the Nairobi declaration.

It also wants that special safeguard mechanism (SSM) should be delinked from market access.

On the other hand, developed countries, including the US, have been vocal on discontinuing with the Doha Development Agenda (DDA).


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