India's food stockpiling and WTO stand-off
date:Jul 30, 2014
India threatened to block a worldwide reform of custom rules last week, saying it wants an agreement on food subsidies and stockholding to run parallel to the trade facilitation pact.

With grain silos spilling over, exports on the rise and an avowed market champion for prime minister, New Delhi's threat to trash the trade deal in the name of food security and farm subsidies appears puzzling.

But government officials say Prime Minister Narendra Modi is prepared to brazen out global outrage to s
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