据美联社报道,美国和印度周四表示,他们已经解决了政府储备粮食的争端,为达成促进世界贸易的协议扫清了一个主要障碍。
印度坚持其根据国家政策对谷物进行补贴的权利,以支持数亿贫困农民并在高通胀情况下提供粮食安全。
美国和其他国家 世贸组织, meanwhile, were more focused on ensuring their food exporters weren’t disadvantaged by the possibility of surplus Indian grain flooding the world market.
该争端阻碍了 WTO 协议的实施,该协议旨在减少海关繁文缛节,该组织估计该协议可使全球贸易增长 $1 万亿。 WTO 协议需要所有成员国的批准。
India and the U.S. did not announce details of their new deal, but India had objected to a four-year limit on a so-called “peace clause” that protected developing nations from being punished if they breached the WTO’s cap on food subsidies.