Five countries led by US estimate that India provides support to its rice and wheat farmers ‘vastly in excess’ of what it reports to WTO. India has refuted all allegations.
In India for next round of intergovernmental consultations, Scholz talks about his country’s India push, including devising strategy to attract skilled Indian employees to Germany.
WTO's Committee on Agriculture met last week in Geneva. During this meeting, members could question each other on agricultural policies that potentially impacted trade.
The US Trade Representative further added that termination of 6 WTO disputes with India & the country's removal of retaliatory tariffs last June has benefitted farmers across US.
India took a strong stand against IFDA at the 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO. Proposed agreement gives China’s expansionist agenda a boost in the name of investment facilitation.
India has been asked basic questions such as why it hasn’t yet notified WTO of the decisions, why adequate notice wasn’t given, how long restrictions will be in place & why they were needed.
The 10-year dispute was over whether India conformed with WTO rules when it banned import of poultry from US over bird flu fears. Move follows settling of 6 other issues in June.
India is lying at the WTO. The US report is true and fact based. There is no.point in denying it.
The massive support lent to farmers for rice and wheat is a fact. The whole MSP issue, a very sensitive one in Punjab and parts of Haryana and UP, is at the core of this.
India pays thousands of crores to farmers to procure rice and wheat at artificially hiked rates (MSP) which results is a gross distortion of the global grain markets.
The farm laws would have put an end to this. Hence, farmers from Punjab (the primary beneficiaries of the MSP scheme) protested which finally resulted in the withdrawal of the laws.
India is lying at the WTO. The US report is true and fact based. There is no.point in denying it.
The massive support lent to farmers for rice and wheat is a fact. The whole MSP issue, a very sensitive one in Punjab and parts of Haryana and UP, is at the core of this.
India pays thousands of crores to farmers to procure rice and wheat at artificially hiked rates (MSP) which results is a gross distortion of the global grain markets.
The farm laws would have put an end to this. Hence, farmers from Punjab (the primary beneficiaries of the MSP scheme) protested which finally resulted in the withdrawal of the laws.