Noting that the WTO Agreement on Agriculture is characterised by democratic deficit and is based on commercial realpolitik , a group of former Indian envoys have called for amending it so that it facilitates developing and least developed countries to achieve SDG of ending hunger and achieving food security.
In an open letter on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the former envoys said there is an opportunity for the US, EU and UK along with 19 members of the Cairns Group to end the double standards that have skewed global production and markets .
They said while US, EU, UK and Cairns Group members want countries like India to liberalise their agriculture markets, allow the market forces to determine prices and limit subsidies, political groups and legislators from some of these countries express support for the farmers protests near Delhi and criticize the government for enacting farm laws that seek to empower farmers and bring in greater market efficiency.
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