United Nations: Even as the World Trade Organisation's trade deal remained stalled due to India's objections, an Indian envoy at the UN stood firm on them, declaring a "permanent solution on food security with necessary changes in World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, if required, is a must and cannot be kicked down the road".

Amit Narang, a Counsellor at India's UN Mission, has said that the trade agreement cannot be "about negotiating livelihood security and subsistence of hundreds of millions of farmers".