India in the Doha Development Round
(2009) STVM01 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis attempts to answer the question why there was a breakdown in
talks between India and the USA over the issue Special Safeguard Mechanism
(SSM), at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva in July 2008. This is done
through Robert Putnams’ two-level game framework, which is applied to the
interplay between India’s diplomacy and domestic politics.
The thesis concludes that the underdeveloped agriulture and the poverty of the
farmers in India, together with the persistence of developed countries’ agriultural
subsidies, made further Indian concessions on the mentioned issue impossible.
This suggests that the developed world misjudged Indian resolve in the
negotiations and has paid too little attention to the... (More) - This thesis attempts to answer the question why there was a breakdown in
talks between India and the USA over the issue Special Safeguard Mechanism
(SSM), at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva in July 2008. This is done
through Robert Putnams’ two-level game framework, which is applied to the
interplay between India’s diplomacy and domestic politics.
The thesis concludes that the underdeveloped agriulture and the poverty of the
farmers in India, together with the persistence of developed countries’ agriultural
subsidies, made further Indian concessions on the mentioned issue impossible.
This suggests that the developed world misjudged Indian resolve in the
negotiations and has paid too little attention to the situation of Indian farmers.
Towards the end it is argued that the developed countries must adress Indian
concerns and phase out their agricultural subsidies if a future multilateral free
trade agreement is to be reached. (Less)
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- author
- Rosell, Christoffer LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A two-level game analysis of its position on the Special Safeguard Mechanism issue
- course
- STVM01 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- the doha round, foreign policy, Key words: trade policy, two-level game Words: 10.076, negotiations, diplomacy, India
- language
- English
- id
- 1405307
- date added to LUP
- 2009-09-21 08:27:27
- date last changed
- 2009-09-21 08:27:27
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