India is rapidly resolving trade disputes: What does that mean for the WTO?

The WTO might continue to be the bedrock of the global trading system, but its context in today's era has perhaps changed

Last month, India and the United States settled their last dispute at the World Trade Orgnization (WTO), the one about poultry products. With this, the two countries have resolved all seven of their pending trade disputes at the global trade body.

The US had moved the WTO against India in the poultry case in 2012 and the trade body had ruled that India’s ban on poultry imports from the US was inconsistent with the global norms. 

The US demanded compensation because India was not able to implement the decision in time. However, the two countries had been discussing truce and