Over the past week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won two major diplomatic victories that have strengthened India’s voice in world affairs.
First, the government of India clinched a major deal with the US on indefinitely extending the so-called “peace clause” in the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Shorn of jargon, this means India’s humungous food procurement and subsidy programme, which may contravene current WTO-mandated limits, cannot be challenged in any fora till a conclusive deal on the subject is concluded on the issue.
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