-Livemint.com
Government set to fight to remove curbs on future food programmes while negotiating a permanent solution at WTO
New Delhi: Emboldened by its success in making the interim solution on food stockholding under the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) open ended, India will put forth a proposal to do away with the restrictions imposed on a country’s food programme under the Bali agreement.
Strict disclosure norms and the provision that a country cannot launch any new food programme under the Bali pact are considered to be against the interest of developing countries, making it difficult for them to access the exemption.
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