Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said India and US have resolved an impasse over food security related issues while safeguarding interest of Indian farmers. Briefing media in New Delhi today, Mrs Sitharaman said, with the US agreeing to support India's proposal on public stockpiling of food, it would now go for ratification by the WTO General Council to facilitate signing of Trade Facilitation Agreement. She said that both the countries have successfully resolved their differences on the public stock holding issue for food security purposes in WTO. The Minister further said that many nations saw merit in India's stand at WTO and that the US has also appreciated and now openly supported our concerns on public stock holding.
News On AIR | November 13, 2014 12:14 PM
India, US make headway over food security issue at WTO<br/>