India’s initial WTO disputes—an analysis in retrospect

Abstract

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the WTO and its dispute settlement mechanism, the authors consider it opportune to examine some of these initial disputes involving India with the benefit of hindsight. In this chapter we assess the extent to which these disputes have had an impact on India’s process of internal reform, on India continuing to open up its import markets and gain greater market access abroad, as well as on the positions adopted by India in more recent WTO disputes and negotiations.