-Livemint.com
US declares special and differential treatment a ‘threshold’ issue, implying that all developing countries will not be treated on par with regard to farm and fisheries subsidy programmes
Geneva: Millions of poor farmers and fishermen in India could lose the benefits of special programmes offered by the government on account of a sustained assault on farm and fisheries subsidies by the US.
Washington has declared special and differential treatment (S&DT) a “threshold” issue, implying that all developing countries will not be treated on a par with regard to farm and fisheries subsidy programmes.
The US stand amounts to introducing “differentiation” among developing countries.
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