Another welcome check on India’s wheat, rice subsidies from USTR

U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers praised the Office of the United States Trade Representative for submitting a counter-notification to the World Trade Organization on India’s domestic support, input subsidies, and market support prices for wheat and rice. This is the latest in a series of U.S. counter-notifications showing India is not transparent about the true level of wheat and rice support it provides. Joining the United States in this notification were the governments of Argentina, Australia, Canada and Ukraine. “We appreciate that the USTR and other country delegations are working to highlight India’s trade-distorting wheat support,” said USW President Vince Peterson. “India’s government continues to be out of compliance on its commitments and its refusal to compromise on its level of support and public stockholding is blocking any progress on agricultural negotiations at the WTO. It is important to keep bringing this issue to light with ...