https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=12128 India contested treatment of procurement for public stockholding under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, arguing that administered price purchases from subsistence farmers should not be treated as unlawful support given the outdated reference price calculation. Through coalition building, India secured an interim protection from WTO challenges for public stockholding programmes for food security until a permanent solution is negotiated, insisted this protection be non country specific and enduring until a permanent agreement is reached, and obtained commitment by Members to continue work toward a permanent solution. en-us Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:19:17 +0530 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:19:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=12128 India contested treatment of procurement for public stockholding under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, arguing that administered price purchases from subsistence farmers should not be treated as unlawful support given the outdated reference price calculation. Through coalition building, India secured an interim protection from WTO challenges for public stockholding programmes for food security until a permanent solution is negotiated, insisted this protection be non country specific and enduring until a permanent agreement is reached, and obtained commitment by Members to continue work toward a permanent solution. News - Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:19:17 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=12128