India could put a landmark World Trade Organization deal in jeopardy at hectic negotiations in Geneva after saying that it would withhold support for the agreement unless there was simultaneous progress on resolving a dispute over its food security program. India would like the W.T.O. — which set itself a deadline of July 31 for the deal on the movement of goods across borders — to address its concerns over a cap on subsidies that could limit government stocks of grain that are part of its food program.
India Threatens to Block Global Trade Deal
Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, speaks to the New York Times about how India doesn’t want to delink the food security issue from the issue of trade because once the trade agreement is signed, India loses its leverage in its talks for getting a permanent solution to the food security issue