Understanding WTO provisions for trade in agriculture

Vol-4 | Issue-04 | April 2019 | Published Online: 15 April 2019    PDF ( 206 KB )
Author(s)
Smita Dubey 1

1Research scholar, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Arrah, Bihar (India)

Abstract

The run-up to the twelfth Ministerial conference of WTO to be held in Astana has begun with various committees holding meetings and providing feedback on on-going negotiations. Revisiting the important WTO agreements related to trade in agriculture: Agreement on agriculture (AoA), Agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) and agreement on trade related intellectual property rights (TRIPs) will help in understanding the current negotiations.

Keywords
WTO, Ministerial conference, AoA, SPS, TRIPs, market access, domestic support, export subsidy.
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