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Kallummal Murali

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies

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India

http://wtocentre.iift.ac.in

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Global Digital Trade and Implications for Trade Negotiation: Deciphering the Data Flows and Implications on Revenues Losses

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 233 (330,287)

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Ecommerce Morotorium, WTO, Digital Trade

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Market Access and Issues of Data Gaps and Transparency and Information Asymmetry: A Case of RCEP Negotiations

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Apr 2020
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 218 (353,017)
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Market Access, Regional Comphrensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP), Data Gaps, Information Asymmetry, WTO Negotiations, FTAs Negotiations

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Did the US GSP Scheme Truly Benefit the Indian Economy – Political Economy of Denying Market Access?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Aug 2020
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 151 (502,974)

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United Nations, GSP Scheme, United States, India, Sectors

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Hidden Market Access Barriers in China: India’s Exports in Electrical Machinery

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 May 2020
Kallummal Murali, Prerana Manral and Salahuddin Ayyub
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 141 (524,371)

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RCEP Negotiations, Non-Ad-Valorem Tariff, Technical Barriers to Trade, Electrical Machinery, Time Series, China

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Country Positions and its Implications on Negotiations of Multilateral Framework on Investment: Review of Pre-Cancun Period

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Jun 2014
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 115 (640,165)

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WTO, TRIMs, MFI, RTAs, Investments

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Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) by the WTO’s Membership: Profiling and Decoding the Commercial vs. Economic Interests

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Kallummal Murali and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 112 (635,507)

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WTO, Non-tariff measures, technical regulations, TBT, standards, conformity assessment procedures, World Bank Income based classification, UNIDO industrial competitiveness index (CIP).

7.

India's Trade with BRICS and the World: Implications on Skill and Technology Content

CWS Working Paper no. 35
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Dec 2017
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 112 (630,858)

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BRICS, India, Regional Grouping, PTAs, Trade in Technology products

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Digital Trade Possibilities in South Asia’s Manufacturing Sector: Data Challenges and Methodological concerns

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Aug 2021
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 107 (659,652)

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Digital Trade, South Asia, India, E-Commerce, Servicification

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WTO’s Disputes on ‘Shrimps’ and ‘Tuna’ and Its Implication on Sustainability: Settlement and Its Impact on Exports from Developing Countries

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Aug 2020
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Fisheries, WTO, DSU, Sustainbility, India

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Imposition of Tolerance Limits in Active Ingredients on Fruits: Analysis of the impact on India’s Exports

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Jul 2022
Muskaan Agarwal, Kallummal Murali and Seema Sangeta
TERI University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and TERI University - Department of Business Sustainability
Downloads 101 (694,528)

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WTO, Gravity Model, Codex, SPS-based MRLs, NTMs, NTBs, India, Agriculural Products

11.

Addressing Food Safety: Addressing the Concerns with Maximum Residue Levels

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Aug 2023
Kallummal Murali, Malvika Shetty and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Independent and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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MRL, SPS, Trade, Tariffs, Agricultural goods, Environment, EU, USA, CODEX

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The Outcomes of Tariff Negotiations in the Agriculture Sector – The Progress of Binding Non-Ad Valorem Tariffs during 2001 to 2022

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Jan 2022
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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WTO. Agreement of Agriculture, Doha Round, Maket Access, Non Ad Valorem, Ad Valorem Equivalent

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Trade and Environment Negotiations Status under the WTO: An Investigation into the Tariff-Alone Approach

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2023
Kallummal Murali and Somdutta Banerjee
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 95 (725,554)

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ESG Environmental Goods, WTO, CTE, Market Access, SDGs, Tariffs, NTMs

14.

Urgent Need for Market Access Disciplining of Agriculture Trade: Profiling of Stringent and Non-Codex SPS based MRL Standards

CWS/WP/200/60
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 09 Oct 2020
Kallummal Murali and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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WTO, Agreement on Agriculture, Non Ad Valorem Duties, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Maximum Residual Limits, Codex, Non-Codex MRLs

15.

Changing the Scale of Detection and the NTMs (SPS and TBT Measures): Applicational Differences in MRLs by Canada, the EC, Japan and the USA

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Maximum Residual Limits, SPS measures, WTO, the US, the EC, Japan, Canada, Agricultural Trade, changing detection, Codex

16.

Trade and Investment Linkages: AIFTA Tariff Liberalisation Across Goods Sector and Scope and Possibilities for Investments by India

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Dec 2021
Kallummal Murali and Somdutta Banerjee
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Decoding Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), A Transparency-based Approach

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Kallummal Murali, Alisha Saini and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 90 (759,537)

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Non Tariff Measures, SPS Measures, WTO Classification, WB income based Classification, GDP Shares of Agricultural sector,

18.

WTO's Post-COVID Healthcare Sector Negotiations: Analysis of Trade in Essential Goods

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Feb 2022
Kallummal Murali, Simran Khosla and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Simran Khosla and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 86 (777,583)

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WTO, essential goods, COVID, Public health, Multilateral Negotiations, NAMA

19.

Socioeconomic and International Geo-Politics in Private Sustainability Standards (PSS): Relevance for India

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Feb 2020
Kallummal Murali and Hari Maya Gurung
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Importers Perspective of Market Access in Peanuts: Analysis of National Tolerance Limits (MRLs) Across Five Markets

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Aug 2022
Drishti Sharma, Kallummal Murali and Seema Sangeta
TERI University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and TERI University - Department of Business Sustainability
Downloads 80 (809,932)

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Non-tariff Measures (NTMs), Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), Peanut, Gravity Model, weighted index,

21.

Precuationary Principle Usages and ECs Endocrine Disruptors: Market Access Implications for Indian Trade

Number of pages: 178 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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WTO, SPS Precautionary Principle, SPS, MRL, Endocrine Disruptors

22.

Legacy Trade Models, Evolving Contours of Regulations, And Growing Digital Trade: Concerns and Challenges for Policy Makers

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Dec 2025
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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WTO Negotiations, Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Data Gaps, Structural Issues, Agricultural VS Manufacturing, Digital Trade, Service Data, Trade Channels, Additive Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence

23.

Multilateral Negotiations on MSMEs and the Challenges for the Survival of Labour-Intensive Firms: A Case of China, EU, India and the US

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 May 2022
Kallummal Murali, Simran Khosla and Keerti Singh
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Simran Khosla and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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MSMEs, SMEs, non-agricultural market access (NAMA), WTO Negotiations, China, United States, European Union, India, SMART analysis, Labour-Intensive, Capital Intensive Industries

24.

Studying the Impacts of the Montreal Protocol: A Case Study of Manufacturing Firms in India

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Nov 2021
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Montreal Protocol, ODS Phase Out Targets, Multilateral Fund, DEA, TFP Growth

25.

Is Trade Negotiation under the WTO a Victim of Half-Hearted Strategies and Inconsistencies

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Nov 2020
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Trade Negotiations, WTO, SPS-based MRLs, tariffs

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Trade Agreements and Socioeconomic Realities and Concerns: Sub-Federal Concerns and Challenges in Product Substitutability

CRIT/CWS Working Paper Series No. 86, June 2025
Posted: 07 Jul 2025
Kallummal Murali
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 31 (1,304,549)

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Socioeconomic Impacts, Governance Structure, Channels of Negotiations, Agricultural Products, Substitutes, Complements, Free Trade Agreements

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Trade and Economic Impacts of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on India's MSME Sector

Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Kallummal Murali, Simran Khosla and Sushmitra Dahal
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Simran Khosla and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Trump Tariffs and Their Impact on Kerala’s Products: A Technical Note

Posted: 24 Feb 2026
Centre For WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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Quantifying the Impact of Market Access Barriers in the Agricultural Sector Amidst Rising Food Insecurity

Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Kallummal Murali, Simran Khosla and Ankit Kundu
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Centre For WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
Downloads 23 (1,424,331)

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Non-Tariff Measures, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, Agricultural Trade, Ad-Valorem Equivalent Tariffs, Food Security

30.

Global Drift: Navigating the Trade Waves amongst Environmental and Sustainability Concerns

Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Kallummal Murali, Hari Maya Gurung and Simran Khosla
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Centre For WTO Studies
Downloads 19 (1,459,862)

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Non-Tariff Measures, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, Environmental Goods, European Union, WTO

31.

Trade Liberalisation, Globalisation, and Employability Challenges: Case of Indian Hand Tool Sector

Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies
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EU-CBAM and India's Firm-Level Carbon Emissions:Sustainability and Environmental Concerns

Posted: 01 Jul 2025 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2025
Kallummal Murali, Aishwary Kant Gupta and Simran Khosla
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - Centre for WTO Studies, TERI University and Centre For WTO Studies

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EU-CBAM, GHGs, Climate Change Concerns, Iron and Steel, Aluminium, India