economics medium True/False

The Doha Development Agenda, launched by the WTO in 2001, successfully concluded in 2015 with a comprehensive treaty that eliminated all agricultural export subsidies globally.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: False

The Doha Round was explicitly designed to prioritize the needs of developing countries, particularly regarding agricultural market access and the reduction of Western farm subsidies. However, it repeatedly stalled due to irreconcilable differences between developed nations (US/EU) and emerging economies (India/China) over the 'Special Safeguard Mechanism' and domestic support limits, effectively leaving the round in an indefinite deadlock.

Topic International Economics - WTO
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, SSC CGL
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