Directions: The following sentences form a paragraph. The first and the fourth sentence of the paragraph are given. The rest of the sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in the correct order.
1. In keeping with its hardline stance on trade matters, the US continues to press for damages against India on poultry import curbs, despite India having relaxed them in recent months.
P. Now, US poultry imports have started to arrive, but the US is yet to withdraw its claim of $450 million in annual damages to its industry, made before the ‘retaliatory panel’ of the WTO.
Q. Citing avian influenza concerns, India had for years virtually banned poultry imports from the US, prompting the latter to move the WTO.
4. Since then, India has made two rounds of changes in its bird flu regulations, to bring them in line with WTO norms.
R. The US, using all possible means to push exports, is merely pursuing a hard bargain.
S. In 2015, the WTO ruled against India, saying that its curbs were disproportionate to the threat and constituted a non-tariff barrier.
T. Meanwhile, the WTO’s compliance panel is yet to rule on whether India’s amended regulations are acceptable.