December 19, 2015 8:21 PM

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In Nairobi, deadlock continues over farm subsidy issue as WTO talks enters fifth day today

The WTO Trade Ministers talks entered the fifth day today as a deadlock continued over reducing farm subsidies and on providing protection to poor farmers of developing nations, such as India, in case of import surge.<br/><br/>Friday, some twitterati blamed India for blocking the talks, while others pointed finger at the US. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, representing India in the WTO talks rejected the allegations saying it is necessary to ensure Indian farmers and Agri-interests are safe. Undue haste in pushing select matters that are subject of interest of developed countries is worrying, she said.<br/><br/>

December 19, 2015 1:36 PM

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In Nairobi, deadlock continues over farm subsidy issue as WTO talks enters fifth day today

The WTO Trade Ministers talks entered the fifth day today as a deadlock continued over reducing farm subsidies and on providing protection to poor farmers of developing nations, such as India, in case of import surge.<br/><br/>The 10th WTO Ministerial conference was originally scheduled to end Friday night but developed and developing countries failed to iron out differences on these issues. PTI reports that a small group of countries — India, the US, EU, China and Brazil — were still discussing the issues. India has made it clear that it would not compromise the interests of farmers and agri-related sectors. New Delhi has also asserted to include the public stockholding issue for food security purposes in the preamble of the Nairobi declaration.

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