▁the ▁EU . ▁India ▁and ▁China ' s ▁hard ▁st ance ▁regarding ▁tar iffs ▁and ▁subs id ies ▁was ▁sever ely ▁critic ized ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁response , ▁India ' s ▁Com merce ▁Minister ▁said ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁risk ing ▁the ▁liv elihood ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁far mers ." ▁ ▁The ▁negoti ations ▁col lapsed ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁July ▁over ▁issues ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁trade ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁India , ▁and ▁China . ▁In ▁particular , ▁there ▁was ▁ins ol ub le ▁disag re ement ▁between ▁India ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁over ▁the ▁special ▁saf egu ard ▁mechanism ▁( SS M ), ▁a ▁measure ▁designed ▁to ▁protect ▁poor ▁far mers ▁by ▁allowing ▁countries ▁to ▁imp ose ▁a ▁special ▁tar iff ▁on ▁certain ▁agricult ural ▁goods ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁an ▁import ▁sur ge ▁or ▁price ▁fall . ▁ ▁Pascal ▁Lam y ▁said , ▁" M embers ▁have ▁simply ▁not ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁bridge ▁their ▁differences ." ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁to - do ▁list ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁topics , ▁ 1 8 ▁had ▁seen ▁positions ▁conver ge ▁but ▁the ▁g aps ▁could ▁not ▁narrow ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 th — the ▁special ▁saf egu ard ▁mechanism ▁for ▁developing ▁countries . ▁However , ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁China ▁and ▁India ▁could ▁not ▁agree ▁on ▁the ▁threshold ▁that ▁would ▁allow ▁the ▁mechanism ▁to ▁be ▁used , ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁threshold ▁had ▁been ▁set ▁too ▁low . ▁The