Discussion in WTO on Welfare of Agricultural Sector

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Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 10 2014 | 6:20 PM IST
The focus of the ongoing Doha Round of trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization is 'development'. The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) envisages disciplines on and reductions in trade-distorting agricultural subsidies with special and differential treatment for developing countries. At a Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali, Indonesia in December 2013, decisions were taken on some of the issues in the DDA. Decisions in the area of agriculture relate to public stockholding for food security purposes, agricultural quotas, export competition and cotton.

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First Published: Dec 10 2014 | 6:20 PM IST

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