Understanding India's constant Belligerence Towards the World Trade Organization within Agricultural Negotiation Attempts

Abstract

In their attempt to achieve welfare, India opted to enact protectionist-based policies to their agriculture. Following this decision, India became very uncompromising in negotiations due to the trade regime’s failure in facilitating their domestic circumstances. But then again, what is the true cause of such constant belligerence throughout the events of the Doha Round? India’s belief of achieving welfare through the development of agriculture has been motivating their State-Centric behavior within the regime. The defensive posture maintained by India on their agricultural policy throughout Doha Round’s Bali Ministerial Conference was one example of how a state could respond to the integrative vision and specific procedures of the World Trade Organization. The stance had only increased in severity due to the latent issues within the practices of the organization – the ongoing preferential treatment to developed member states.