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    309 : India at Bali: Saving Itself and the WTO

    Amitendu Palit, Head (Partnerships & Programmes) and Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS

    9 December 2013

    The Ninth WTO Ministerial at Bali is being widely proclaimed a shot in the arm for the ailing World Trade Organization and the multilateral rule-based trade system. It might also mark a turning point in the history of India’s trade negotiations. For the first time in several years, India would be coming back from the WTO without the ‘distinction’ of having been a spoiler in the trade talks.