A dozen U. S. lawmakers have written a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to file a formal request for consultations with India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its "dangerous trade-distorting practices" that they claim have impacted U. S. farmers and ranchers.
The Congressmen stated that current WTO rules allowed the governments to subsidise up to 10% of the value of commodity production. However, the Indian government continues to subsidise more than half of the value of production for several commodities, including rice and wheat, they said.