ICRIER-SRTT Research Programme on WTO Issues

SRTT has been supporting ICRIER’s research programme on WTO Issues since 2000.The core objective of the grant is to identify critical areas of interest for India in the ongoing Doha Round of negotiations and to suggest policy changes and negotiating strategies to the Government of India as inputs for policy formulation. The focus of the Project  is two fold: first, to undertake analytical studies, so as to explain the WTO provisions and their implications for India in the management of economic policies, and second, to examine the issues that are taken up in the negotiations at the WTO.

In pursuance of this mandate, ICRIER has undertaken research on India specific issues with relation to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, market access negotiations, trade liberlisation in services, trade facilitation, transparency in government procurement, trade and environment, anti-dumping, competition policy, Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, the TBT and SPS Agreements, tariff and quantitative restrictions, intellectual property rights, Agreement on Agriculture, etc.
                                               
The results of the studies have been disseminated through workshops, conferences and seminars, among the stakeholders and the general public to promote informed debate on the issues at stake. ICRIER’s research inputs have helped the Government of India in formulating the official negotiating stance at the WTO.

The Partners

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Established in August 1981, ICRIER  has successfully completed its 25 years, as an autonomous, policy oriented, not-for-profit research institute. ICRIER’s research and related activities are intended to foster improved understanding of policy choices for India in an era of growing international economic integration and interdependence. As one of India’s premier think-tanks, ICRIER promotes multi disciplinary research at the cutting edge of knowledge domain…………more>>

Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT)

Set up in 1919, a year after the untimely demise of Sir Ratan Tata at the age of 47, the Sir Ratan Tata Trust is one of the oldest philanthropic institutions in India. Through its grant making, the Trust supports efforts in the development of society through grants in Higher Education and Institutional Development, Rural Livelihoods & Communities, Enhancing Civil Society & Governance, Health and Arts & Culture………more>>