Shrimp turtle case

1. Shrimp-Turtle A Case For Developing Countries Group 6: Alisha Sukhija Arnab Moitra Kamaldeep Singh Paritosh Saini Sanchit Gupta Sumit Kumar Jain

2. Agenda

3. The Past…

4. The Problem

5. Solution to the problem by US TED systems

6. Setback for developing countries

7. India

8. Malaysia (1/2)

9. Malaysia (2/2)

10. Pakistan

11. Thailand

12. Can US dictate us what to do? Look before you leap… Brother!

13. Ulterior Motives for US

14. Shrimp Turtle WTO Case

15. Dispute Settlement Process

16. Advantages

17. Case Timeline

18. Panel Ruling: April 6th, 1998

19. Appellate Body recommendation and thereafter…

20. A few disputes at the WTO… Source: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_status_e.htm US MEXICO CASE – Dolphin Safe Tuna US EC CASE- Meat without hormones

21. Disputes involving the U.S. Source: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_maps_e.htm

22. “Poor countries hold 40 per cent of the world's population , but receive only 3 per cent of the  world's income from trade . Rich countries make up 14 per cent of world population and yet get 75 per cent of the income from trade ” Rich countries force poorer countries to sell the same products at lower prices than rich countries, by charging exporters many times more import tax simply because they live in a poor country Devil in disguise - Developed Countries

23. Few examples of unfair t rade practices

24. Developing nations in WTO e.g. Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) for international trade in Textiles

25. Future of WTO - Challenges before developing nations Source : http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/td8.htm

26. The Hitch…

27. Thank You!!!