Does WTO have a future?

India still has a stake in rules-based dispute resolution

The World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold a ministerial-level meeting next month in Buenos Aires. When the world’s trade and commerce ministers gather in the Argentine capital on December 10, India will once again have a major role to play. In recent years, it has moved away from its role as a “spoiler” in such multilateral forums to acting in a more constructive and forward-looking manner. However, at least one of the issues that will likely be discussed at the ministerial conference impinges upon a major domestic political priority: The protection of the tenuous livelihoods of Indian farmers through the