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In India, the WTO Agreement has been dogged by controversy from the very beginning. The proposed agreement on agriculture was seen as a threat to food security and rural employment in the country. There were also concerns about the Indian farmer becoming dependent on the corporate sector and having his traditional rights curtailed. The anxiety about the possible impact of the new trade agreement on agriculture was understandable in a country in which two-thirds ...
The Doha Round of trade talks has been deadlocked since July 2006 mainly on account of differences relating to agriculture. If the negotiations eventually succeed in establishing a fair and harmonious agricultural trading system it will have far-reaching implications for trade and economic prospects of developing countries. To understand the reasons underlying the protracted stalemate and to assess the prospect of agreement on various proposals the trading ...