Ratifikasi Paket Bali Oleh India Dalam Konferensi Tingkat Menteri World

Abstract

Food security is one of issues which gain the eyes of the international world, particularly in the poor and developing countries, one of which is India. India is the second most populous country behind China. In India, a large portion of its people has lived in hunger and under the poverty line. This makes the government need to get the extra work to meet the people’s demand of food. The need of food of Indian people has been fulfilled from its agricultural production. It means that, the agricultural industry in India has a definitive impact to India. In the 9th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Bali, India required WTO to increase the agricultural subsidy from 10% to 15% from the total outcome of the production. However, before the requirement was agreed, there was a deadlock between the developing and developed countries. Developed countries wished to erase the agricultural subsidy, while developing countries demand to increase it. The Ministerial Conference of WTO has formulated an agreement which is mentioned by the Bali Package. Deadlock happened because India threatened not to ratify or agree to the Bali Package if the agricultural subsidy was not increased. After lobbying between developed and developing countries, an agreement emerged, that is, to increase the agricultural subsidy from 10% to 15%. Afterward, India agreed to ratify the Bali Package