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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 2635:
- Breaking The Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
The rescue of the Montreal talks from disaster is bound to raise hopes that the Doha world trade talks will produce a similar rabbit out of a hat when ministers gather in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
- The `Real Face' Of Free Trade (Business Line, Gerd Leipold, Dec 13, 2005)
As you read this, trade ministers from around the world are arriving to attend the Sixth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong. At the Convention Centre, overlooking the city's beautiful harbour, they aim to push . . .
- Old And New Europe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
One can understand the reason why American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is so fond of “new Europe”. As more details come to light about the CIA’s secret detention centres worldwide, East European countries seem only too willing to offer . . .
- Thank You, Mr Volcker! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
It’s not only Natwar Singh and Congress politicians who were happy to see Aneil Matherani go. Rajiv Misra, India’s deputy permanent representative to the WTO at Geneva is another.
- Keep An Eye On All Invisibles (Indian Express, Veena Jha, Dec 12, 2005)
India has everything to play for this week at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, says Veena Jha
- Hong Kong On 'High Alert' For Wto Meet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Hong Kong government has declared high alert and deployed one-third of its police forces to ensure security and safe conduct of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled to open on December 13.
- India, China Urged To Enhance Cooperation At Wto (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and China, 'heavyweight' members of the G-33, must step up their cooperation at next week's WTO Ministerial to safeguard their interests, Member of Planning Commission, Anwarul Hoda has said.
- A Bad Deal For Public Health (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Dec 12, 2005)
The moves to formalise curbs on export of cheap generic medicines will hit developing countries.
- Getting Ready For Hong Kong Summit (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Dec 12, 2005)
Meet will decide progress of Doha development round
It is unlikely that any trade minister will admit to outright failure of the negotiations.
- Hk Rallies Denounce Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Around 3,000 protesters waving signs reading “Junk the WTO” and “Life is not for sale” marched in a carnival atmosphere in one of world’s main financial centres.
- 'No Deal On Work Visas To Us' (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Dec 12, 2005)
In what could be a setback to India’s campaign, US senators have sought to shoot down the idea of Washigton making any commitment to raise work visas at the WTO talks.
- Thousands March To Protest Wto Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Activists converge on Hong Kong; charge globalisation favours the rich and robs workers of their jobs
- Tripping On Trips (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2005)
Amendment for LDC drug imports is flawed
- Commemorating A Genius And 100 Years Of E=mc2 (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 11, 2005)
With the sun soon to set on 2005, I cannot resist the temptation of devoting this week’s column to a man, one of my heroes, whose memory was honoured by the United Nations by observing this year as the International Year of Physics.
- Skipping Borders (Deccan Herald, M K Chandra Bose, Dec 11, 2005)
The author feels that global media corporations are not driven by nationalistic cultural agendas but by market imperatives which transcend borders.
- Pharma Firms Divided Over New Wto Patent Norms (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Dec 11, 2005)
A new World Trade Organisation (WTO) treaty signed to tighten patent norms early this week has divided the Indian pharmaceutical firms as never before.
- Uncertain Harvest (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Dec 11, 2005)
The WTO Summit slated for December 13-18 in Hong Kong will show whether the global multilateral trading system is mature enough to smoothly traverse the distance from freer trade in manufactures and services, to include agriculture too.
- Asean Told To Speed Up Liberalization To Keep Pace With China, India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Southeast Asian countries must speed up market liberalization and boost business efficiency if they want to keep pace with emerging economic giants China and India, Malaysia's prime minister said Saturday.
- Hurdles In Way Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2005)
Whatever constraints (to growth) are there, are internal: constraints imposed by our polity, our social structures, our regional imbalances, our ability to handle inequity and our ability to take hard but essential decisions.'
- Trading Discontent And The Wto (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 10, 2005)
The Sixth WTO Ministerial scheduled for December 13-18 at Hong Kong is being held against a background of increasing discontent in developing countries against unjust trade and broken promises.
- Economics Of Ipr (Pioneer, BC Dutta, Dec 10, 2005)
The idea of protection for Intellectual Property Rights emanated from the Uruguay Round of talks, which also gave birth to World Trade Organisation. The concept behind intellectual property rights is that the individual, who by the dint of his . . .
- India Seen As Key Player To Farm Deal At Wto Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India is seen as a key player to win over for a global deal to free up agricultural trade at next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong, analysts said.
- Wto: Cabinet Okays Nath Stance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Union Cabinet today approved the national stance to be adopted by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath at the WTO Ministerial Meeting next week in Hong Kong.
- India-Asean Free Trade Agreement Hits A Snag (Business Standard, Monica Gupta, Dec 09, 2005)
The proposed India-Asean Free Trade Agreement has hit a roadblock. This is after the 10-member Asean began pressing India to remove import duties on 90 per cent of agriculture and non-agriculture products by 2011. For the remaining 10 per cent products, A
- Cabinet Overhauled By Nepal King (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Four days after returning home from a foreign tour, Nepal’s King Gyanendra today evening announced a massive overhaul in his cabinet, axing several ministers, including one who had incurred the wrath of the Crown Prince.
- Launching Edusat In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Dec 09, 2005)
Due to globalisation, the world is going through rapid changes where national boundaries of production and distribution and the quality of life are giving way to global trends and standards.
- Hong Kong Ministerial: Much Ado About Something (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 09, 2005)
The Ministerial meeting of the 149 countries of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) will take place in Hong Kong (HK) a weekfrom now.
- Promoting Poorer Nations’ Interests (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 09, 2005)
The WTO’s celebrated rule-based system can be used to promote labour standards in a manner that does not penalise developing countries that improve the lot of their workers, say Sanjay Reddy and Christian Barry .
- Bitter Medicine Beneath The Sugar-Coated Diplomacy (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2005)
FRESH on the home-page of the WTO (www.wto.org) is the December 6 decision on changes to the WTO Agreement on TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). It informs that cheaper generic versions of patented medicines . . .
- U.S. Trade Chief Rejects "Watered-Down" Wto Deal (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 08, 2005)
Countries must agree to big market openings in agriculture, manufacturing and services if world trade talks are to benefit poor nations, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
- Rejuvenating Agriculture (Tribune, P.S. Rangi, Dec 08, 2005)
Agriculture continues to be the dominant sector of the economy. The population pressure on agriculture continues to remain almost the same. More than two-third of the population still depends on agriculture and about 60 per cent get direct employment . .
- Neglecting The Costs Of Failure (The Economic Times, PRADEEP S MEHTA, Dec 08, 2005)
Justice was not done to the developing countries in the Uruguay Round. Hence, it would be unfair for the developed countries to ask for greater market access from their poor counterparts at Hong Kong
- Pakistan’S Strategy For Wto Moot (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved Pakistan’s negotiations strategy for the WTO ministerial conference scheduled for December 13-18 in Hong Kong at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee held in Islamabad on Tuesday. Commerce Minister . .
- Galvanizing The Muslim Countries (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Dec 08, 2005)
An extraordinary summit of the 36-year-old Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is being held in Makkah at the invitation of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz to define the Ummah’s response to the multiple challenges it faces internally and externally.
- Wto: Kamal Nath's Warning (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The Government on Wednesday assured Parliament that it would not compromise the interests of Indian farmers and open the door to subsidised goods even if it meant the collapse of the World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial round.
- No Compromise On Stance On Agriculture At Wto: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Ruling out any compromise on developing countries' stance on agriculture, India today made it clear that it would not mind even if Hong Kong WTO Ministerial next week collapses on this count.
- Llp Is No Lollypop (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 08, 2005)
S. Murlidharan on the issues of concern in the proposed limited liability partnership regime
- Poverty And Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 08, 2005)
Pakistan's economic future is bright despite the setback caused by the October 8 earthquake, says a senior IMF official. In saying that he rhymes with the optimistic predictions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, which have made intense
- Russian Model, European Bovine (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Dec 08, 2005)
The price of one European cow symbolises the difference between global economic policies of the Pacific and Eurocentric West, says Dmitri Kosyrev.
- Bjp Asks Govt Not To Succumb To Pressure At Wto (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The opposition BJP today demanded a catgorical assurance from the UPA government that it would not succumb to pressure of developed countries at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial and that India's interests, especially of farmers, would be fully protected.
- Being Realistic Over Hong Kong (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2005)
The second draft text for the forthcoming ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation at Hong Kong might be an improvement over the first but the generally lukewarm response to both conveys a significant message.
- More Reforms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2005)
The World Trade Organization’s sixth ministerial conference is due in Hong Kong soon, that is on December 13-18. The Doha work programme started in 2001, and had an initial deadline of January 2005 for completion.
- Of Aesthetics And Truth (Greater Kashmir, Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2005)
The life of a person is shaped in his adulthood. The environment he grows in, the lineage that he has, the influences that orient him
- Russia To Help India On N-Energy (Hindustan Times, Yashwant Raj, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia will do all it can to ensure India's energy needs are fulfilled. At the same time it wants New Delhi to sort its differences with the nuclear supplier group (NSG) countries on the separation of civil and military uses of nuclear technology.
- Eu Skeptical Of Brazil, India Promises In Wto Talks (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 07, 2005)
The European Union is sceptical major developing countries will open their markets to more European companies if Brussels makes deep cuts in its agricultural tariffs, EU officials said on Tuesday.
- Sonia Won’T Quit: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Opposition demand for Sonia Gandhi’s resignation as the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson was shot down on Tuesday by both the government and the Congress, with the latter saying there was no question of “even entertaining” such a demand.
- No Wto Deal Affecting Farmers Will Be Accepted: Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India will not agree to any deal at the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong next week which affects its farmers, Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, declared categorically on Tuesday.
- Will India Back Off From Its Neti Doctrine? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 07, 2005)
The draft ministerial text put out by the director-general of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, last week only reinforces the limited progress that negotiations have made so far.
- Wto Draft Ministerial Text — One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 07, 2005)
The release of the WTO draft text document does not mean that the deadlock over agriculture and other issues has been resolved. Members are still at loggerheads over several issues pertaining to market access, and special and differential treatments . . .
- India And Russia Seal Defence Deal At Moscow Summit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia and India paved the way for intensified defence cooperation on Tuesday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked up a “strategic partnership” between the two Soviet-era allies in Moscow.
- War Of Coded Words In The Ongoing Trade Game (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 07, 2005)
With only a week to go, the WTO Ministerial is much in the news. For instance, http://news.xinhuanet.com reports that despite anti-globalisation groups' warning to stage demonstrations, "Hong Kong is gearing up to hold a ministerial meeting of the . . .
- Any Wto Deal Which Displaces Farmers Not Acceptable: India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India today categorically said it will not agree to any deal which displaced its farmers in any way at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial next week.
- India Has Been Unanimously Elected Member Of The Executive Council Of World Tourism Organisation (Wto), An Apex Body Having More Than 200 Countries As Its Members (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India has been unanimously elected Member of the Executive Council of World Tourism Organisation (WTO), an apex body having more than 200 countries as its members.
- Cpm Flays ‘Slogan-Shouting’ Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Lashing out at the BJP-led Opposition for its “slogan-shouting politics” stalling Parliament proceedings, the CPM on Monday said the BJP leaders should also question the benefits accruing to Reliance in the Iraqi oil payoffs.
- India Elected Wto Member (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
India has been unanimously elected member of the executive council of World Tourism Organisation (WTO), an apex body having more than 200 countries as its members.
- Quality Higher Education Equals Opportunity (Daily Excelsior, Prof. Ashok Kumar Manwati, Dec 06, 2005)
If liberalization has to stay and economy is integrated to the global market forces and out sourcing holding huge opportunities, there is an urgent need to prompt to harness on energies for a crusade for excellence for Indian students.
- Pm Informed Of Natwar’S Ouster: Cong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Congress today accused the BJP of stalling the proceedings of Parliament on the Volcker issue to hide its own discomfiture over the developments related to Ms Uma Bharti.
- ‘There’S A Cadre-Leader Disconnect’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 06, 2005)
K N Govindacharya, former BJP general secretary: “Advani says different things at different times.”
- Oic: Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 06, 2005)
could be a significant date in the political calendar of Islamic countries as 57 leaders of member-states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) would be converging on the holy city of Makkah to review the situation of the Muslim world, . . .
- Should We Let The Doha Round Fail? (The Economic Times, Biswajit Dhar, Dec 06, 2005)
Dani Rodrik has tried to use his persuasive skills to argue that the interests of the developing countries would be much better served if the Doha round was allowed to fail. Rodrik’s arguments are essentially based on two broad strands.
- Unfair Trade Threatens Small Peasants (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Dec 06, 2005)
In most developing countries the overwhelming majority is small farmers. For example, the data on Indian agriculture and farmers contained in the Tenth Plan document reveals the extent to which India’s farming community is dominated by small peasants.
- Asian Century (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 06, 2005)
Today's watchword, globalisation, is a bit of a cliche. Differences between WTO members have not narrowed, for example, and unproductive haggling continues as countries prepare to go into the Hong Kong ministerial meet.
- United States Has Praised '[Fresh Signals Of Determination' From India And Brazil On Their Readiness To Contribute To A Major Outcome In The Wto Doha Development Round (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The United States has praised "fresh signals of determination" from India and Brazil on their readiness to contribute to a major outcome in the WTO Doha Development Round.
- Interview - India Hopes Hk Trade Talks Will Help Poorest (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Dec 06, 2005)
India hopes upcoming trade talks in Hong Kong will help millions of farmers in the world's poorest nations who are competing with subsidised agriculture from rich countries, Trade Minister Kamal Nath said on Monday
- Making The Doha Deal Work (The Economic Times, Peter Mandelson, Dec 05, 2005)
It suits a lot of people to pretend that all we need to unblock the Doha round is for the EU to move yet again on agriculture. For some this argument serves their own negotiating interest. For others it stems from well intentioned but over simple . . .
- India Secures Major Trade Concessions (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 05, 2005)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath secured a major concession from the trade ministers of the United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and Brazil on Saturday that they would all agree to a special arrangement for developing countries to . . .
- Wto Ministerial: A Nuanced Discourse (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Dec 05, 2005)
In the Odyssey, Odysseus goes on a specialised kind of discourse almost every time he speaks, in which he sets out a pair of opposing possibilities for the situation at hand, and then selects the one which seems best, and then puts that into action.
- A Tale Of Evolving Wto Drafts (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 05, 2005)
A comparison between the two drafts prior to the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting at Hong Kong helps to throw light on the pressures being exerted on the ministerial conference, thus yielding an important clue to the state of play of the conflicting . . .
- Countdown To Wto Meet In Hong Kong (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Dec 05, 2005)
Divergent positions of negotiators slow progress
At this stage the best thing going for the Hong Kong ministerial meet is that all 148 countries are willing to continue their negotiations despite their differences.
- Pm Yet To Decide On Mea Portfolio (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said he was undecided on whether or not to retain the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) portfolio which he had taken away from Natwar Singh.
- Natwar Still Has A Case, Says Bardhan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Denying that he had made a U-turn on his earlier statement that Natwar Singh should resign following Aniel Mathrani’s interview to India Today, CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan today said that Singh had a case and was innocent.
- Honoured In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
It was a mission that stood oddly with the violence, terror and arms culture of Afghanistan.
- India, Brazil Concede Ground At G7 Meet (Indian Express, BURTON FRIERSON, Dec 05, 2005)
India and Brazil have offered concessions on industrial goods and services to break an impasse in global trade liberalisation talks but made clear developed countries must at least match their moves.
- Consult Farmers: V.P. Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
To launch `Kisan Jagran Yatra' on December 7
- Issue Of Farm Subsidies (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
AS the year draws to a close, the European Union faces trouble on at least three key fronts. EU governments are embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious row over a new 2007-2013 budget, and hopes that EU leaders will be able to clinch a deal on the . . .
- Harmonising Trade Agreements (Daily Excelsior, M.N. Minocha, Dec 04, 2005)
The developed countries protect self-interest and violate agreements. For example, all importing countries had agreed that the multi-fibre agreement and the detailed textiles and garments quotas that resulted from it, would expire in 2005.
- Natwar Should Quit: Cpi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The national executive of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today demanded the resignation of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet following damaging comments by Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aneil Matherani.
- Wto: Left To Demand Parliament Discussion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Protest planned to send a "warning" against Hong Kong meeting
"If Parliament cannot discuss where can we discuss this issue... "
International agreements signed by the Government should be ratified by Parliament
- Performance Appraisal (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Dec 03, 2005)
PAR for the course. Yet another periodic exercise in cosmetics, though anticipated. The aim, ostensibly, to bring transparency and purpose to that holy grail of babudom — the annual confidential report, in short, the ACR.
- The Draft Discord (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 03, 2005)
Are people associated with the World Trade Organisation talking at cross-purposes or have the definitions changed? The issue is `development', and there appears to be a basic disagreement on it going by the reaction of important member-countries . . .
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