Recalcitrant spoiler? Contesting dominant accounts of India’s role in global trade governance |
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Authors: | Kristen Hopewell |
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Institution: | School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK |
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Abstract: | India is frequently cast as a troublemaker and blamed for the breakdown of the Doha Round. This article provides a critical re-reading of India’s trade policy and its position in multilateral trade negotiations. It challenges the widespread characterisation of India as a recalcitrant spoiler, intent on derailing trade liberalisation at the WTO. It shows that with the emergence of its highly-competitive, export-oriented services sector, India became one of the leading advocates of global services trade liberalisation in the Doha Round. Yet, not unlike the traditional powers, India’s offensive trade interests are also combined with significant defensive concerns in agriculture. |
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Keywords: | Power shifts India emerging powers othering global governance World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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