{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "United States Issues WTO Counter Notification Concerning India’s Market Price Support for Various Pulses", "slug": "united-states-issues-wto-counter-notification-concerning-indias-market-price-support-for-various-pulses", "text": "
\"U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States, together with Canada, submitted a counter notification in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture (COA) on India\u2019s market price support for five pulses: chickpeas, pigeon peas, black matpe, mung beans, and lentils.<\/p>\n
Based on United States\/Canadian calculations, it appears that India has substantially underreported its market price support for chickpeas, pigeon peas, black matpe, mung beans, and lentils. When calculated according to WTO Agreement on Agriculture methodology, India\u2019s market price support for each of these pulses far exceeded its WTO allowable levels of trade-distorting domestic support. The United States expects a robust discussion on how India implements and notifies its policies at the next COA meeting, which is scheduled for February 26-27, 2019.\"<\/p>", "quote": null, "citation": "