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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 2635:
- Trade Facilitation: Time To Put Our House In Order? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 11, 2001)
Amidst claims by commerce minister, Murasoli Maran, that “the Singapore issues” are back at Singapore, experts have a feeling that India has only secured a “postponement” of negotiations while conceding the principle that negotiations will take place.
- Thoughts On The Least Developed Nations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2001)
We underscore the urgent necessity for the effective coordinated delivery of technical assistance with bilateral donors.
- Of Monarchs And Maoists (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 08, 2001)
The Nepalese cannot be blamed for jumping to the conclusion that only the Maoist insurrection has saved them from being browbeaten by India into accepting rigorous trade terms.
- Private Universities: Why Not? (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 08, 2001)
Before commenting on the latest utterances of the man in charge of India’s education system, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, let me set for you the backdrop. We have the largest number of illiterate people in the world.
- Japan Needs To Remodel Its Investment Outlook (The Financial Express, Smita Banerjee, Dec 08, 2001)
Japan has been a significant partner of India in terms of economic benefits. It was given overriding importance as an engine for the growth of India’s market-driven economy in the post-liberalisation period.
- Emerging Economic Challenges To Diplomacy (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 07, 2001)
EVEN as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse under sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- How China Has Surged Ahead Of India (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 07, 2001)
AFTER 15 years of hard work and tough bargaining, China has become a full member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the recent Doha Ministerial Meet.
- Emerging Economic Challenges (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
Even as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse in the face of sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Leverage Technology To Tackle Competition -- Mr Janki Ballabh, Chairman, State Bank Of India (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Dec 06, 2001)
WITHOUT being unfair to practising bankers, it has to be said that they hold back more than they reveal in interviews.
- Reforms Have Added Very Little To India’s Share In The Global Export Basket (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Dec 06, 2001)
“Colour of the cat seldom matters as long as it catches the mice”.
- Leverage Technology To Tackle Competition -- Mr Janki Ballabh, Chairman, State Bank Of India (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Dec 06, 2001)
WITHOUT being unfair to practising bankers, it has to be said that they hold back more than they reveal in interviews.
- Trade In Services: Needed, A Balanced And Proactive Approach (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 06, 2001)
IN a large international organisation like the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in spite of the “one country, one vote” principle, most of the countries do not get what they deserve.
- For The Cause Of Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2001)
We take note of the work which has been done in the general council and other relevant bodies since the ministerial declaration of May 20, 1998 and agree to continue the work programme on electronic commerce.
- Trade With Nepal -- India's Achilles Heel (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 05, 2001)
NEPAL'S Maoist uprising diverted attention from another danger averted for the time being by India's decision to extend the bilateral trade treaty that lapses today by three months.
- Eu’s Lamy Calls For Patience After China’s Wto Entry (The Financial Express, Jeremy Page, Dec 05, 2001)
BEIJING: The European Union’s top trade official said on Tuesday China’s WTO membership should not produce a stampede to the global body to resolve an expected rash of “frustrations and difficulties” against China.
- Crisis-Hit Bangla Textile Sector Pins Hopes On Us Word (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 05, 2001)
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s premier textile sector is in crisis because of slow demand after the September 11 air attacks on the United States and denial of duty free access to the American market, a key business leader said.
- Remove All Unnecessary Barriers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2001)
In the light of experience and of the increasing application of these instruments by members, we agree to negotiations aimed at clarifying and improving disciplines under the agreements on implementation of article VI of the general agreement on tariffs.
- Will Doha Open Window For Non-Trade Issues? (Business Line, Sandeep Singh, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA has reasons to celebrate after securing major gains in the hard fought agenda of the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- What Next After Doha? (Business Line, K. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2001)
WHEN the curtain fell on the WTO Ministerial at Doha, there were mixed feelings.
- Leveraging India's Tourism Potential (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA, once considered the land of ``snake charmers'' is today known in the West as a land of ``mouse movers'' with proven prowess in information technology.
- Strengthening The Basmati Case (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Dec 04, 2001)
THERE are conflicting reports on the 'success' of the Indian Government in protecting Basmati from patent piracy.
- Trade Debate (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Commerce Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, and his team deserve credit for their efforts at the Fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Doha.
- Caution, Development In The Making (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
Modalities for the further commitments, including provisions for special and differential treatment, shall be established no later than 31 March 2003.
- ‘Engage Early And Vigourously, And Seek Market Access’ (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 03, 2001)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expert seems to be in love with India’s forts.
- Drag Pakistan To Wto; It’s The Only Road To Mfn (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 01, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto is under fire at home for ‘betraying’ Pakistan’s agenda on Kashmir. This is predictable enough, given the nation’s phobia with India. Hardline commentators in Pakistan have been losing no time trashing her intent.
- Implications Of The Competition Bill (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Nov 30, 2001)
THE structural adjustment programme under the economic reforms since July 1991 and Indias membership to the WTO have exposed economic agents to domestic and global competition.
- Doha Brings No Cheer For Pharmaceutical Firms (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, Nov 30, 2001)
India holds a view that asymmetries and imbalances in the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement will have to be addressed as the advanced industrial world is misusing and misinterpreting certain provisions.
- ‘We Must Give India Mfn Status, But With A New Name’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
An avalanche of interviews has left the former prime minister nursing her throat. But how could she complain!
- A Pledge For The Sake Of A Better Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
We reaffirm the right of members under the General Agreement on Trade in Services to regulate, and to introduce new regulations on, the supply of services.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- India Has No Reason To Be Afraid Of ‘Competition’? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 28, 2001)
In the context of a multilateral competition policy, the Doha Ministerial Declaration notes:
- All For Healthy Trade Relations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organization has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past 50 years.
- Focus Shifts To Nepal (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 28, 2001)
For nearly seven weeks this country's attention has understandably been focussed almost completely on the ongoing war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
- Faith, Reason And Fundamentalism (Hindu, S. S. Gill, Nov 28, 2001)
EVERY RULING class re-writes history in the light of its ideological agenda, and the BJP's ongoing programme to recast the school syllabus for social sciences is no exception.
- The Trade-Labour Linkage Is Not ‘Dead’ As Yet (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 27, 2001)
“Show me one piece of evidence where any government has asked for a social clause in the WTO, except when Bill Clinton asked for such an arrangement at Seattle”, said Pascal Lamy.
- Economy: Cost Of Inaction (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 27, 2001)
INDIAN economy is now in its worst crisis since Independence. Except inflation, every other economic indicator signals the impending disaster. Nothing is moving. No one in the industry is sure of what will happen in the coming years.
- Financing Hurdles For Developing Countries (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 27, 2001)
DEVELOPING countries face the grim prospects of a sharp fall in exports with increase in current account deficits, a substantial decline in private capital flows with official financing continuing at lowest levels.
- Two Cultures And A Half (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Nov 27, 2001)
The distinction between faith and science is quite old. It extends back to medieval scholars who had agreed upon the fact that both were valid sources of knowledge.
- What’s In An Investment Accord (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 26, 2001)
“It is the Wall Street’s agenda’, observed the noted trade economist, Jagdish Bhagwati, at an Asia-Pacific regional conference on international investment agreements organised by the UNCTAD at New Delhi a few summers ago.
- Strong Case For Enhancing India-Eu Relations (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 26, 2001)
The outcome of the second India-EU summit (in New Delhi last week) should take care of the criticism that the relationship between them lacks direction.
- If Capital Can Roam The World Freely, Why Not Labour? (The Financial Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 26, 2001)
Why should a developing country in dire need of capital yet oppose the inclusion of an investment regime in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
- Lessons From Doha (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Nov 25, 2001)
The Union Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran, on his return from Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation has underlined in particular two courses of action to be followed in the future.
- Enough Of Prolonged Saga Of Blood-Letting (Tribune, David Devdas, Nov 25, 2001)
Abdul Majid Dar could easily pass for a dapper professor. A salt and pepper beard and a receding grey hairline frame his smiling face as he lopes into the room looking like a gentleman at a golf course.
- The Left And The Wto Regime (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Nov 24, 2001)
A REPORT on the rally organised in New Delhi recently by the ``Indian People's Campaign Against WTO''.
- Trading Illusions (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 24, 2001)
MUCH LIKE the characters in the Japanese film classic, Rashomon, there have been as many verdicts delivered on the Doha conference of the World Trade Organisation as there were participating governments.
- ‘Bt’en In The Race? (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Nov 24, 2001)
INDIAN scientists have been trying to develop superior strains of genetically altered cotton for the past two years, much before Bt cotton hit the headlines.
- ‘Supachai Will Spend More Of His Time With The Oecd’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 24, 2001)
Pascal Lamy gives one last look to a somewhat unflattering piece on him in The Financial Express.
- Making The Market Economy Work (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 23, 2001)
"WE are all socialists now." That was what was said in the heydays of socialism.
- China, Japan Fail To Make Progress On Trade Row (The Financial Express, Bill Savadove, Nov 23, 2001)
BEIJING, NOV 22: Japan and China met on Thursday to try to resolve a festering trade dispute over Chinese agricultural products for the fourth time in a month, but cut off talks after just three hours without making progress.
- Maran’s ‘Marginal Loss’ At Doha May Prove Substantial (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 22, 2001)
India agreeing to the inclusion of the environment clause in multilateral trading may water down the gains it achieved in trade in agriculture if effective steps are not taken in time.
- Win-Win At Doha (Hindu, Amit Dasgupta, Nov 22, 2001)
SELF-INTEREST motivates all negotiations, but good negotiators know that the only successful strategies are those that strive for win-win solutions.
- Eu's Single-Market Directives -- Potion For Global Competitiveness (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 22, 2001)
Europe must become a globally competitive economy built on knowledge and innovation and on a strategy of sustainable economic development.
- Declaration Broadly Serves India’s Interests (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 22, 2001)
The achievements of the Indian delegation at the Doha Ministerial Meeting cannot be measured against the yardstick of Government’s position as that itself evolved rapidly in the light of the emerging international consensus.
- Business At Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2001)
It is hoped that the whip cracked by Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi towards the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament will rein in the more mercurial members in the current session that was brought to order on Monday.
- All For None: None For All (Pioneer, Pankaj Dubey, Nov 22, 2001)
In discussions on the WTO, the issue of fairness is confused with evaluating benefits.
- Chaos Continues In North East (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Nov 21, 2001)
The North East contin-ues in the chaos, which has entered political life as Meghalaya goes the Manipur way, and the fact remains that ideology (long gone), political parties (extinct) are long forgotten.
- The Road From Doha To Delhi (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 21, 2001)
TThe WTO meeting at Doha has agreed to a new round of negotiations on selected issues for the present.
- Mr Lamy, 40 Indian Parliamentarians, And The New Round (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 21, 2001)
On Thursday, just a day after commerce minister Murasoli Maran has finished flaunting in Parliament the trophies he got back from Doha, European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy will perform a delicate diplomatic task.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Trade And Environment: ‘Trade Off’ At Doha Is No Loss (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2001)
While India is rejoicing on major gains in several areas of the hard-fought agenda of the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is a bit upset on the inclusion of environment in the Ministerial Declaration.
- I’m Back With Many Trophies From The Battlefront: Murasoli Maran (The Financial Express, Murasoli Maran, Nov 19, 2001)
With his pencil-thin moustache and his long sideburns commerce minister Murasoli Maran looks like a comical villain in a spaghetti-western movie.
- Feather In Mr Maran's Cap (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is one school of thought which holds that, after two years, the severe consequences of the Doha Declaration.
- Doha Ministerial: A Triumph Of Sorts? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 19, 2001)
PREDICTABLY, the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that wound up on November 14.
- The Road From Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2001)
THE WORLD TRADE Organisation's meeting at Doha has been quickly followed by claims and counter-claims about what the agreement on a negotiating agenda means for India.
- India Trips Rich (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
India's numerically impressive team (only four less than the one from the US) of officials, led from the front by Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran.
- Suzuki And The Wto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 17, 2001)
The GOI-Suzuki fight provides valuable insights into government thinking on the WTO issue.
- India Trips Rich (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 17, 2001)
India's numerically impressive team (only four less than the one from the US) of officials, led from the front by Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran.
- Did We Succeed In Doha? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 17, 2001)
THE Fourth Ministerial Conference at Doha concluded with a few surprises. The original idea was perhaps to straight away move towards a further round of discussions.
- Maran's Finest Hour -- Doha Rescues Wto From Doldrums (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2001)
LOOKING BACK as a participant in all the international organisations, including the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT).
- Trade Wins, Finally (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
Only fresh negotiations could have addressed our concerns.
- China’s Sectoral Policy Overhaul A Risk: Jf Funds (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Nov 16, 2001)
HONG KONG: The lack of clear policy direction in key business sectors in China is the major risk facing investors after Beijing’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), JF Funds said on Thursday.
- Doha Resurrects Wto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2001)
SEATTLE, the venue of last WTO ministerial conference, was a disaster. Doha, in Qatar and the host of this month’s meet, is a partial success.
- Two Good Jobs And One Bad Outcome (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 16, 2001)
Mike Moore must be delighted that the Doha talks haven’t collapsed.
- With Hope From Doha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 16, 2001)
THE FOURTH WTO Ministerial conference at Doha was a success of a sort considering the fiasco at Seattle in 1999.
- The Indian Flavour At Doha (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 16, 2001)
With India emerging as one of the most important players at the WTO conference, it was India's time on the last few days of the Doha meeting. Even the satire had an Indian connection to it.
- The Deal At Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 16, 2001)
THE DOHA DECLARATION, approved by 142 countries at the fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), comes at a time when the world can ill-afford a collapse in the multilateral global trading system.
- Clarifications On Terrorism (Pioneer, Vivek Kumar, Nov 15, 2001)
Much ink has been spilt for and against the US attack on Afghanistan.
- Clarifications On Terrorism (Pioneer, Vivek Kumar, Nov 14, 2001)
Much ink has been spilt for and against the US attack on Afghanistan.
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