This report identifies options that negotiators and policy-makers could pursue in order to reach a permanent solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the problems some developing countries say they face when buying food at government-set (or government-administered) prices under their public stockholding programs for food security purposes. The …
One week ahead of crucial talks on global trade, the European Union negotiator, Peter Mandelson, rejected on Monday sharp criticisms from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and called for unity in advance of the discussions. Mr. Mandelson's comments underline the tensions on trade policy between the European Commission and Mr. …
JAIPUR: Hundreds of small and marginal farmers from 25 districts of Rajasthan took part in a rally organised here on Wednesday to register their protest against a mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation planning to conclude the Draft Modalities on Agriculture in Geneva on July 21. The participants in …
The Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) now is in its seventh year. It has entered a crucial phase in the past few months. Senior officials are expected to start trade-offs in the coming weeks in the core areas of agriculture and non agricultural market access (NAMA)-- industrial …
Alarm bells are ringing in Delhi: there is a rumour that the European Union proposes to levy a carbon tax on imports from India. The excuse would be that the EU, together with other signatories to the Kyoto treaty, has done much to cut carbon emissions, even at the expense …
Nirmala Ganapathy NEW DELHI THE US and European Union are stepping up pressure on developing countries to incorporate environmental goods in the ongoing WTO non agricultural market access (Nama) negotiations. Sources said pressure to incorporate the list of environmental goods in the ongoing Nama negotiations is forcefully on, not only …
Today's world trade volume is 27 times that of 1950. Trade liberalisation has made no small contribution to global warming due to spectacular growth in the transportation industry. Today, when they need to negotiate the climate regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, industrial and developing countries bicker over …
The slow pace of work and change of government has put the fate of Rs225 million proposed Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in the balance, exposing the eco-system of the area to further degradation at the hands of industrialists of the Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE), sources told Dawn here on …
FOR most of its 271 years, an old lumber mill along the Rahway River in Cranford got its power from water spilling over the falls near its banks. The building is now used for office space, its old-fashioned waterwheel long ago displaced by electricity generated from a modern fossil fuel-burning …
AREAS OF CONCERNS: Seeks Discussions On Fishery Subsidies, Bio-Piracy Amiti Sen NEW DELHI INDIA is determined to have a say in the agenda for the mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled on July 21. It has decided to oppose the move of a few developed countries, backed …
...India needs to work much harder for sustained growth Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has suggested that the Indian economy has the potential to grow 40 times bigger by 2050. But there is a caveat. It has to work much harder to achieve its potential. India has been able to …
India has asked the US to cut farm subsidies by just one dollar and New Delhi will come on board for a deal on the Doha Round of trade talks which has dragged for seven years. "My offer to the US is that they should reduce their subsidy by just …
Developing Nations Protecting Poor Farmers Proving Contentious Amiti Sen NEW DELHI PROTECTING poor farmers in developing countries against cheap farm imports in the ongoing Doha round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is proving to be a bone of contention between developed and developing countries. The committee on agriculture (CoA) …
By Rashme Sehgal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent statement claiming India's "commitment to an early positive conclusion of the Doha Development Round" has farmer lobbies worried. With WTO mini-ministerial meetings expected mid-July, farmer leaders warned that a U-turn in India's stated agricultural policies would adversely impact 800 million farmers. The …
Geneva: Brazil, India and other developing countries said on Tuesday that the new US farm bill will be an obstacle to global trade talks aimed at lifting millions worldwide out of poverty. A group of 20 developing nations also including China, Mexico and Argentina echoed criticism by WTO chief Pascal …
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a huge rise in food production Tuesday as world leaders started a summit on the food price crisis that threatens to plunge millions more people into poverty. The UN secretary general said food output had to rise 50 percent by 2030 to meet rising …
US, EU have flexibility to shield 65 sensitive textile products from immediate formula cuts. As members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are fighting out on the emerging Doha spaghetti trade deal with increasing number of flexibilities, India yesterday demanded that the existing system of preferences provided by the United …
Commerce minister Kamal Nath said he's disappointed that World Trade Organization talks are being held up and raised reservations about completing the Doha Round of negotiations by the end of the year.
INDIA has said that the US influence on the negotiations on rules at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was clear as the earlier draft has remained unchanged despite most countries rejecting the text. Instead, the chairman of the committee on rules has come up with a working document, which, according …
The two new negotiation drafts put out by the WTO have not gone down well with developing countries. They claim the drafts do not address their concerns and even seem to drive a wedge between them. Three views. I S S U E S Can the new negotiating texts take …
