This study has critically examined different aspects of Counter-Cyclical Payments (CCPs) in the context of commitment of United State of America (US) under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and future obligations under recent Doha Round Negotiations. The study has highlighted the shortcomings in domestic support notifications of US to WTO and their impact on product-specific support to the agr...

During September 10-14, 2003, WTO members met in Cancún for a mid-term review of the Doha Round of trade negotiations, launched in November 2001. Trade ministers entered the 5 WTO Ministerial divided on agricultural and non-agricultural negotiating modalities, on whether to launch negotiations on the so-called Singapore issues and their possible scope, on the approach to take towards strengthen...

The Doha Round, notwithstanding some recent injection of impetus, has a desultory nowit’s-on-now-it’s-off quality to it. To most this lacklustreness is a frustration. If only it could be brought to conclusion, the world would be so much better off, especially if one is to believe the estimates of the gains from trade liberalization that the Round would deliver (an increase in global welfare of ...