11. Trade and Agriculture: Potential Benefits and Problems. A Reading from India’s Perspective

Introduction This paper dwells basically on two issues: (1) will India gain from opening up its agriculture to the world economy as envisioned under the Uruguay Round Agreement (URA) on agriculture; and (2) what should be India’s negotiating stand with respect to agriculture in the coming round of WTO 2000? To respond to these issues, we first quickly run through India’s commitments under URA with respect to market access, domestic support and export subsidies in agriculture, and where does I..