Annotated Bibliography

"Background Note 12th August 2014 on the WTO Negotiations." Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and

Industry, Department of Commerce. August 12, 2014. Accessed December 1, 2014.

http://commerce.nic.in/trade/Background_note_WTO_Negotiations_12-Aug_2014.pdf.

Source from the Indian government that expresses India's positions and priorities for the August 2014 meeting of the WTO. It expresses general agreement with freer trade through reduction of customs barriers and other trader hindrances. It also emphasized India's focus on public stockholding for food security and the larger issue of a level playing field for developing countries.

 Mehta, Rajesh. "Non-tariff Barriers Affecting India's Exports." RIS Discussion Papers 97.

This discussion paper does empirical analysis of the area in which NTBs are hurting India the most. It isolates both types of barriers and the export products that are most hurt by NTBs and offers policy and negotiation suggestions. 

Bello, Walden. "Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US?" The Nation, October 29, 2013. http://www.thenation.com/blog/176863/twenty-six-countries-ban-gmos-why-wont-us#

This article explores the general issue of GMO and international opposition to them and mentions India as part of the group of nations with full or partial bans on import of GMOs.

Specter, Michael. "Seeds of Doubt." The New Yorker, August 25, 2014.

This article about India's internationally famous anti-GMO leader looks into the current landscape of the GMO debate. It also shows how Shiva's work has affected India's GMO policy. 

Nielsen, Chantal Pohl, and Kym Anderson. "Genetically Modified Foods, Trade, and Developing Countries: Is Golden Rice Special?" AgBioWorld. http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/topics/goldenrice/specialgoldrice.html.

This source shows the potential use GMOs in India and ability of the Indian economy to benefit from the implementation of certain GMO crops. It also more extensively explains aspects of the GMO debate. It also details India's current use of GMO cotton.

"India and US Reach WTO Breakthrough over Food." BBC, November 13, 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30033130.

This source covers the recent bi-lateral agreement between the US and India that could end India's hold up of the implementation of the Bali agreement and would allow indefinite extension of the "peace clause" until agreement is reach on public stock holding for food security purposes. 

Öncü, T. Sabri. "Recent Experience With Regulating Capital Flows in India." Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning India. http://unctad.org/meetings/en/Presentation/UNCTAD-GEGI-Oncu-2013.pdf.

This source gives a succinct summary of the history and current state of capital control policy in India. 

R., Ramaprasad. "Exchange Rate: Fixed or Floating?" Business Line, June 30, 2012.

This source makes arguments about the state of the Indian exchange rate in a controlled floating system and the impact of this intermediate system on the Indian economy.