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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Thailand Proposes Fta Expansion To India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2007)
Thailand plans to expand the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to India if the ASEAN-India talks fail to reach an agreement, a Thai senior official said. Director General of the Trade Negotiations Department, Chutima Bunyapraphasara, said the ASEAN . . .
- India Holds Parleys To Drive Doha (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 04, 2007)
The two-day meeting will begin with one-on-one sessions between all four members – reverting to a plurilateral meeting on Wednesday.
- A Daring Attempt (Frontline, C.T. KURIEN , Apr 03, 2007)
The book attempts to interweave the empirical problem of globalised militarism with the economic theory of Marxist tradition.
- Atomic & Aesthetic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 02, 2007)
Iran has requested observer status in Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation), and India and Pakistan have already indicated that they’re willing to go along with the suggestion.
- Shackled Trade (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 31, 2007)
While Indo-Pak trade has grown, the governments are yet to liberalise the framework.
- Crop Protection Measures — Needed, A Policy Armour (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Mar 30, 2007)
The Government should bring in changes to the Insecticides Act to ensure safety and quality of products and educate farmers on crop protection measures.
- ‘India Has A Key Role To Play At Doha (The Economic Times, Amiti Sen, Mar 29, 2007)
Australia’s minister for trade, Warren Truss, sees India as a key trading partner and is confident of boosting economic ties between the two countries.
- Vino Virtue (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 29, 2007)
The European Union, not amused by India's reluctance to bring down duty tariffs on imported wine and spirits, has knocked on the doors of the WTO for redress. The ball now lies in India's court.
- Appreciable Benefit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 28, 2007)
Export sops, principally in the form of a depreciated rupee, have outlived their utility. The finance ministry, now focused on scrapping the duty entitlement passbook scheme (DEPB) for the tax revenue foregone, should team up with the Reserve Bank . . .
- Doha Round Must Have Level Field (Business Line, ANIL K KANUNGO, Mar 28, 2007)
Equality of treatment is what is missing in the WTO-governed multilateral trade regime.
- See You At Wto Soon, Eu Tells ‘Spirited’ India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), has called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to referee a dispute over India’s duties on alcohol imports after talks failed, taking a second step towards litigation.
- Eu Seeks Wto Disputes Panel On Wines, Spirits (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
The European Union, on Monday, called for the establishment of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel to adjudicate over India’s import tariffs on wines and spirits, maintaining that the additional duty imposed by India over and above . . .
- Cooperate Globally Or Go Bust (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 24, 2007)
According to estimates by the UN, the global economy expanded by 3.8% last year, continuing the strong performance recorded since 2003.
- Flashback Of A Rape Accused (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
Indian designer Anand Jon who has been accused of rape in America was once a loathed superstar in Chennai. Manu Joseph was in college with him.
- The Inverted Anomaly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 21, 2007)
FTAs are worsening the incongruity of levies on finished goods falling more rapidly than those on raw materials.
- Breaking The Doha Logjam (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 17, 2007)
The Doha negotiations have now formally resumed. However, it is doubtful whether there will be any resolution of the impasse anytime soon.
- Bottle Battles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 16, 2007)
Given India's potential, US/EU wine exporters will spare no effort to prise open the protected market..
- Days Of Wine And Roses, Sobered By High Tariffs In India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
A day after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's police 'enforced' the state's authority over Nandigram block in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, brutally crushing popular resistance against Marxist thuggery by killing at least 14 men and women,
- Cong, Upa Flay Violence At Nandigram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
The Nandigram violence continued to exercise the Congress and its UPA partners on Thursday as they condemned the police firing that killed several people in the area in the Left Front ruled West Bengal.
- Go That Extra Mile On Doha (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 15, 2007)
Time is running out for the Doha round of WTO. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy’s third visit to India in as many months says it all.
- Essar, Ambani Group In Talks To Buy Gas From Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
Essar Group and the Anil Ambani group are in talks to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Iran even as the government seeks the honouring of its LNG import deal with Tehran, oil minister Murli Deora said on Wednesday.
- There Is No Need To Be `Trip'ped By Patents (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 14, 2007)
While it is important to adhere to the TRIPS Agreement, there is no need for the economy to do a `kamikaze' over it.
- Duty, Quota Relief For Wto Minnows: Nath (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said that a package of duty and quota concessions is being formulated for the less developed countries (LDCs) and will be sent to the Cabinet for approval in the next two months.
- Go That Extra Mile On Doha (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 14, 2007)
Time is running out for the Doha round of WTO. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy’s third visit to India in as many months says it all.
- Wto: The Layers Of Opaqueness (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 14, 2007)
Being open in talks would reinforce the trust of developing nations in India.
- `No Need To Patent Small Changes' (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 14, 2007)
WHEN the Patents (Amendment) Bill was under debate in March 2005, concerns were raised in Parliament about what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patent in India and the country's obligations under the World . . .
- Against Monopoly (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 14, 2007)
YUSUF K. Hamied is the chairman of Cipla, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies and the country's fifth largest private spender in research and development.
- Batting For Mncs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Plagiarism was not the most important charge against the Mashelkar report; it was its bias towards MNCs that was most shocking.
- Wto For Ending Doha Talks; Govt Says No (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
India has rejected the World Trade Organisation’s proposal to conclude the negotiations on the Doha Round by June-end.
- Lamy Sees Prospects Of Doha Talks In June (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
Pranab: meet aspirations of developing countries
- Presidents May Come... They May Go (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Mar 13, 2007)
Many gullible Indians are gloating at President Bush’s discomfiture. They are letting the left-liberal media in the west influence and convince them that the current Republican presidency is somehow inimical to India’s interests and a change of . . .
- In Whose Interest? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 13, 2007)
This newspaper’s report on Monday about the orthodoxy that informs the current interest rate policy raises a hugely important question: what is the cost of doctrinaire monetarist management?
- Go Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 13, 2007)
For long, Indian IT companies have been cast as the villains of the piece by many countries for taking away jobs. The reasons are not hard to find.
- Spirited Battle Over Tariffs (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 10, 2007)
A spirited brawl is on between India, on the one side, and the US and the European Union (EU), on the other, over what the rich world alleges as a major market-access barrier by India because of its high Customs tariff on wines and distilled spirits.
- Troubled Oil (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2007)
It is to the dubious credit of the quasi oil regulator, the director general of hydrocarbons (DGH), that his actions have simplified the otherwise complicated business of policing oil exploration.
- "Don't Destabilise Or Create Uncertainty On The Ipr Regime" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 08, 2007)
Dilip G. Shah, Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance who has had 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, answers questions on what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patents in India; innovation . ..
- Indian Spirits Duties High, Says Us To Wto (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 08, 2007)
The United States, on Tuesday, initiated dispute settlement proceedings against India at the World Trade Organization over New Delhi’s high import duties on wines and spirits.
- "Don't Destabilise Or Create Uncertainty On The Ipr Regime" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 08, 2007)
Dilip G. Shah, Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance who has had 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, answers questions on what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patents in India; innovation . . .
- Pressure Mounts On India To Cut Import Duties On Wine And Spirits (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
Pressure mounted on India to cut high import duties on wine and spirits after the United States on Wednesday said it had joined the European Union in asking the World Trade Organization to intervene in the matter.
- India, Brazil Bond To Battle For Doha (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 07, 2007)
India and Brazil, on Monday, decided to strengthen their bond in the ongoing Doha trade negotiations dispelling rumors that the two are adrift on pursuing common goals to advance developing country concerns...
- India Sees End To Spirits Duty Dispute (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
India expects to resolve a dispute with the European Union on tariffs and taxes on wines and spirits soon with a change in legislation governing duties, a senior Indian trade official said.
- Us And Them (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
Are constraints to India moving to a higher growth trajectory of 8%-plus endogenous or exogenous? While flagging internal problems, this year’s Economic Survey also mentions downside risks from global macroeconomic imbalances, volatile oil prices . . .
- Sunni-Shia Consensus? (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Mar 05, 2007)
Iranian hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz have reportedly agreed to stem increasing rift between Sunni and Shia Muslims that is dragging West Asia into crisis.
- India Willing But Cautious On Wto (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Mar 05, 2007)
In a one-to-one meeting, Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath has reportedly told his European Union counterpart Peter Mandelson that India is willing to restart the stalled Doha Round but is unwilling to rush into a deal.
- No Hasty Deal, India To Eu (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 05, 2007)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is understood to have stated in no uncertain terms to his European Union counterpart Peter Mandelson, on Saturday in London, that New Delhi will not tolerate attempts to conclude a hasty agreement among key players . . .
- Duty-Bound On Wto (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 03, 2007)
The pruning of import tariffs disproves the view that India is not doing enough to resolve the Doha deadlock.
- Irate Scotch Brewers Want Wto Action Against India (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Mar 02, 2007)
Soon after P Chidambaram presented the Indian budget in Parliament, the Scottish Whisky Association rose up in arms against Indian tax system.
- Labour Issues Surface At Wto (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 01, 2007)
The West is focusing on the benefits of addressing trade & labour issues.
- "Rise Of India, China An Opportunity For Vietnam And Asia" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 01, 2007)
Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterPham Gia Khiem, currently in India on a visit, speaks of taking bilateral relations with India to a new high.
- Australia To Help India Progress In Doha Round Of Trade Talks (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Feb 28, 2007)
The talks had got stuck because none of the parties concerned had moved sufficiently enough to secure a high quality agreement.
- New Road, Old Car (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 28, 2007)
In any economy, there is a growth story and an inflation story. The Economic Survey is expectedly happy over the growth story — GDP growth of 9.2 per cent in 2006-07, a savings rate of 32.4 per cent and investment rate of 33.8 per cent (2005-06 figures).
- Discord Hampers India-Pakistan Trade Expansion (Singapore Times, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 26, 2007)
Pakistan wants to import many essential items from India which will certainly tilt the balance of trade in favour of New Delhi. It is estimated that at the end of this financial year Pakistan’s trade deficit is likely to be one billion dollars.
- Why Be A Pill Pauper? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 25, 2007)
Human history is rich in impassioned but strange advocacies in the name of the poor. Here’s one example. An anti-cancer drug patented and marketed by an MNC costs around $ 2600 per patient per month.
- Be Flexible, Says Us; Well Be Fair, Retorts India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2007)
The US has said it would like India to be more active in concluding the Doha round of WTO, but stopped short of pinning full blame on New Delhi for the tardy pace of the multilateral trade talks.
- Why Be A Pill Pauper? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 24, 2007)
Human history is rich in impassioned but strange advocacies in the name of the poor. Here’s one example.
- Developed Countries Undermining Doha Round: India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2007)
India on Thursday said the proposals for reduction of tariffs on industrial goods given by developed countries in the last few months at the WTO undermine the goal of promoting development that the Doha Round of talks had started out with.
- Imagined Homelands (Times of India, Gurmeet Kanwal, Feb 23, 2007)
In an essay entitled The Shape of the World, The Economist (Dec 23, 1995-Jan 6, 1996) had stated: "The idea that nation-states, wishing to belong to something bigger, will gather together into big, new entities, each speaking for the culture or . . .
- Pharmacy Or Lab? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 23, 2007)
Below the radar of popular discourse but followed closely by the pharmaceutical industry and health activists is a court case in Chennai that explains why it was fortunate that following revelations of a part cut-and-paste job, the Mashelkar report . . .
- A Battle For Patents (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Feb 21, 2007)
There is a need to think of a short-cut to make drugs available to poor patients in India.
- Green Trade And The Wto (Deccan Herald, Pascal Lamy, Feb 20, 2007)
Sustainable development should be the cornerstone of our approach to globalisation.
- Ub Taking Over Whisky Major Whyte & Mackay (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2007)
After Tata Steel acquired Corus in January, the next mega deals involving Indian companies are expected to be Vijay Mallya's United Breweries taking over whisky major Whyte & Mackay and Apollo Hospitals buying out a string of private hospitals in Britain.
- India Should Be Prepared For Sacrifice On Industry In Wto: Eu (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2007)
The European Union has asked India to be prepared for further opening up its market for industrial goods in return for a deal on agriculture in the WTO negotiations on Doha Round.
- Lower Customs To Asean Rates At One Go? (The Economic Times, G K GUPTA, Feb 19, 2007)
The prime minister has indicated in no uncertain terms the government’s resolve to align customs duties to Asean levels by reducing duties on non-agricultural products with steeper reduction for capital goods and raw materials.
- Russia’S Future Course Still Uncertain (Dawn, David Ignatius, Feb 19, 2007)
Think of the new Russia as a highway: People used to drive on the left side of the road; now, officially, they are supposed to drive on the right, but the change has been uncomfortable (especially for the authorities).
- Novartis' Patent Case (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Feb 19, 2007)
The Madras High Court is set to resume hearing arguments in the case on Novartis' patent application for its cancer drug Gleevec.
- Military Action No Option Against Iran: Us Envoy In Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
Days before the IAEA Director General submits his report on the Iranian nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, US envoy in IAEA Gregory Schulte today said military action was not an option and there was still time before Iran can have nuclear . . .
- Populism Versus The Poor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 16, 2007)
A quick glance at international headlines shows India's poor under assault from litigation by a Swiss pharmaceutical company: A longer look reveals the poor everywhere are in danger from populist campaigns to supply them with unreliable copy-drugs .. .
- India's Cheap Drugs Under Patent Threat (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
A court challenge to India's patent laws by the pharmaceutical giant Novartis could cut the supply of affordable medicines to treat Aids and other epidemics in the developing world, aid agencies say.
- India Teams With China To Boost Tourism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
India and China have joined hands to boost tourism involving the two countries. At the launch of the “India-China year of friendship through tourism 2007” here today, the Chinese foreign minister, Mr. Li Zhaoxing said both countries exchanged . . .
- Patent Holders Challenge Cheap Drugs (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
A court challenge to India's patent laws by the pharmaceutical giant Novartis could cut the supply of affordable medicines to treat Aids and other epidemics in the developing world, aid agencies say.
- U.S. Reconciled To Partnerships In Wholesale Segment (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 15, 2007)
In view of the "lively and energetic" debate in India over opening up of the multi-brand retail segment to foreign investment, the U.S. is now reconciled to partnerships with Indian companies in the wholesale segment, as it would "represent a . . .
- Some Hope On Doha Round (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 14, 2007)
Some ministers have moved close to the window, but will they unlatch it?
- Us Wants More Reforms (Hindustan Times, Gaurav Choudhury, Feb 14, 2007)
The United States has advised India to further liberalise its retail, banking, financial services and telecom sectors, strictly enforce protection of patents and data, and do away with the caps on foreign ownership to encourage foreign and internal . . .
- Cheap Medicine, Costly Treatment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 13, 2007)
A single issue in India’s high court will affect the availability of reliable drugs in the world’s poorest countries and the future development of India’s pharmaceutical industry.
- Patent Wrong (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 13, 2007)
The Mashelkar Report on Patent Law Issues was released recently and understandably, you missed it. But it will be a pity if the report continues to go unnoticed, because its recommendations if accepted could dramatically increase the price we pay . . .
- We Support Doha Talks, Say G7 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank chiefs, on Saturday, said that they supported the resumption of stalled Doha trade talks.
- Us For ‘Tangible’ Offers From India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
The United States has asked India to make "tangible" offers at the WTO and provide leadership to the developing nations to conclude the Doha Round of trade talks at the WTO, which re-started last week.
- ‘India Must Lead The Way At Wto’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
The United States wants India to take a lead in reviving the global trade talks which broke down last July over the sensitive issue of farm subsidies.
- Judicial Correctives (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 10, 2007)
The attention ordinary citizens pay to judicial credibility points to the faith they place in the country’s higher courts.
- India Holds Key To Breaking Doha Deadlock: Us (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2007)
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says India's traditional leadership role in the developing world was needed to advance stalled Doha round of world trade talks and get a "good agreement."
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