Developing members at the WTO are faced with shrinking policy space to support their agricultural sector owing to the restrictive provisions of the Amber Box. Contrastingly, most developed members are able to provide high levels of product-specific support without breaching their commitments, on...

Section 1: WTO and Indian Agriculture -- Chapter 1. Indian Agriculture under WTO and FTAs: An Assessment -- Chapter 2. Fisheries Negotiations at the WTO: Small Bait for Large Catch -- Chapter 3. Revisiting the Question of Price and Income Support to Agriculture -- Chapter 4. Transparency and WTO...

Indian agriculture is fraught with policies that are presently facing the gavel at the WTO. Sugarcane related policies, in particular, are being alleged to constitute domestic support beyond the permissible limit and for this reason, have been challenged by Australia, Brazil and Guatemala. The...

With rising levels of food and livelihood insecurity among poor farmers, many developing members at the WTO are demanding special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for shielding their agriculture from import surges and price declines. Most of developing members do not have any trade instrument under the...