{"id":1555,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/nothing-is-going-to-move-within-the-wto-negotiations-unless-india-upsc-psir-2024-4406\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:29","slug":"nothing-is-going-to-move-within-the-wto-negotiations-unless-india-upsc-psir-2024-4406","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/nothing-is-going-to-move-within-the-wto-negotiations-unless-india-upsc-psir-2024-4406\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNothing is going to move within the WTO negotiations unless India is on board.\u2019 Discuss the main reasons behind India\u2019s increased clout in the WTO."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> consensus rule + seat in the inner circle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the rule is old, the seat is recent<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> any member can block <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> only India\u2019s block halts the organisation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> what changed is position, not procedure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b>Hopewell<\/b>, 2004 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Brazil and India displace Japan and Canada <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> old Quad becomes US \/ EU \/ Brazil \/ India <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> market + coalitions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> G20 agriculture, G33 food security <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Narlikar<\/b>: punching above weight <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> TRIPS waiver with South Africa, 2020, eighteen months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the strength is the strength to refuse <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Yaound\u00e9, March 2026, India alone against 165 of 166 on investment facilitation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> public stockholding still undelivered since Bali 2013 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">D\u2019Souza<\/b>: leverage, not principle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> can hold the organisation still <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> moving it is another matter<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> veto secured, rule-making not yet <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the clout is real but one-directional<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[84],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1555","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-global-south","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4967,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1555\/revisions\/4967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}