This report identifies options that negotiators and policy-makers could pursue in order to reach a permanent solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the problems some developing countries say they face when buying food at government-set (or government-administered) prices under their public stockholding programs for food security purposes. The …
India has told its partner countries fighting for a permanent solution against challenges to their food security initiatives at the World Trade Organisation that the “currently designed’’ interim relief was unacceptable to it. The official reinforcement of its stand on the politically sensitive issue at the meeting of G-33 countries …
Despite lack of agreement among negotiators on the “small package” of measures for the WTO’s Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, draft texts on farm trade are being sent on to ministers. Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, however, has clarified that these measures would not be presented as “agreed.” The current package had …
The Cabinet Committee on World Trade Organization on Monday will deliberate on the stand India should take in the upcoming Ninth WTO Ministerial Talks in Bali next month. Ahead of the talks, India is of the view that a watering down of the “peace clause” could help it provide higher …
Unless India’s minimum support prices for farmers and food subsidies are safeguarded against the rules of the World Trade Organisation, the Ninth WTO Ministerial scheduled for next month in Bali could fail, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has warned. Mr. Sharma told WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo on the phone …
New Delhi : Farmer groups have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stand up against developed nations including the US and EU and reject any proposal that will impact agricultural subsidies and affect over 600 million farmers of the country. The letter, written by 15 farmer groups including Bhartiya Kisan …
In northern China, near the Mongolian border, radioactively contaminated leaks from two decades of rare earth refining have been slowly trickling underground toward the Yellow River, a crucial water source for 150 million people. In Jiangxi province in south-central China, the national government has seized control of rare earth mining …
Procurement & distribution under new Act will not be substantially higher than ongoing PDS India made it clear at the just-concluded Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) meeting of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome that the procurement of foodgrains and distribution under the new Food Security Act will …
India will present its case on its new food security legislation at the 40th ministerial conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome next week. Some WTO member-countries had questioned whether India’s stockholding to support 67 per cent of its population with subsidised food grains will distort international trade …
India will have to furnish details about its ambitious food subsidy programme and how it plans to balance it with the export of foodgrains if it wants an agreement in the Bali ministerial in December. According to officials, developed countries have sought details about the National Food Security Ordinance and …
The department of chemicals and petrochemicals is working on stringent quality norms to check dumping of basic chemicals in India. The department under the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) proposes to come up with such norms for 8-10 basic chemicals . …
Cheaper subsidy plan could soon breach global trade rules; India and others in G-33 bloc hope for break on this at Bali meet The recently promulgated National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) might breach the global trading rules on agriculture under the World Trade Organization (WTO) if there is diversion of …
LAHORE - Provincial Minister for Environment Col (R) Shuja Khanzada on Thursday announced a committee to sort out environmental issues being faced by the industry. The provincial minister was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar gave a detailed briefing to the minister on …
Exporters seek govt help as a close vigil by the US raises costs and obstructs sales Basmati rice exports to the US have plunged because many Indian firms are under an import alert by the US authorities, leading to a detailed scrutiny for pesticide residue in every grain being shipped …
If you know that a sector has arrived when it makes for trade wars between countries, then solar energy clearly has. Last year, the US imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of solar panels; now the EU has proposed the same. The Chinese have in turn threatened that they will …
The Government has decided that 75 per cent of 750 MW solar projects, to be offered under the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, will be built with local content. This has put to rest all uncertainties pertaining to the use of local content in the Mission because …
Instead of becoming the messenger of the new co-operative world, solar energy is getting embroiled in battles Last week Europe finally imposed stiff anti-dumping duties on solar panels imported from China. The Chinese have, in turn, threatened that they will take action against European exports of polysilicon, the raw material …
Shares of German panel-makers zoom, Beijing calls for dialogue The European Commission agreed to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China in a move to guard against what it sees as dumping of cheap goods in Europe, prompting a cautious response from Beijing which called for further dialogue. …
New Delhi: The proposed food security law may attract penal action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a possible breach of the subsidy cap allowed under these rules, prompting the government to seek an amendment to the norms. Although a proposal from the G-33, spearheaded by Indonesia, China, Pakistan, …
US had made similar complaint against India in February Two months after it was taken to the World Trade Organization by the US government on the renewable energy (RE) sector, the Indian government has done likewise. It has made a complaint to WTO’s dispute settlement body, alleging the US, both …
This paper critically examines India’s agricultural trade policy mainly from the perspective of public policy objectives, including food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable development, but also against the benchmark of the WTO rules and India’s commitments therein. The analysis covers market access and domestic support measures, which could potentially have …
