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This article provides a brief overview of the history of GATT and its successor the WTO and explains why the remit of the negotiations was extended to include agricultural trade. Even though the liberalisation of the latter was supposed to be for the benefit of developing nations, it has not had that effect, as the more affluent OECD member states have retained tariffs on high value products while subsidising their own production. In the 1990s, India like many other countries began to dismantle its tariff and non-tariff barriers to comply with commitments made at the Uruguay round under the Agreement on Agriculture, However, as the later Doha round ended in stalemate, India must take a more offensive position to uphold its national interests.
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