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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 2635:
- The Doha Ivory Tower (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 14, 2001)
THE Report on the course of world trade in 2000 presented by the WTO about the same time as the Doha ministerial meeting is a grim pointer to the probable worse tidings ahead of the world economy in the immediate future.
- ‘The Rich Worry About Longevity, The Poor About Life And Death’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 13, 2001)
Supachai Panitchpakdi, 55, is courteous to a fault. As he settles down to this interview by the breathtaking view of the sea from Doha’s Ritz Carlton.
- What Is The French For `Phase Out?' (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 13, 2001)
The word in French for `phase out' is `elimination.' But is there another word that is a more innocuous translation of `phase out'?
- A Study In Contrast (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
India, unlike China, doesn’t realise how beneficial WTO is.
- The Message From Doha (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 12, 2001)
ON Sunday China’s Foreign Trade Minister handed over to WTO chief Mike Moore in Doha a document from President Jiang Zemin, thus concluding China’s 15-year quest for WTO membership.
- Corporate Diversification, Again? (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Nov 12, 2001)
INDIA INC. seems to have been bitten by the diversification bug. Companies are on over-drive diversifying into related and unrelated areas.
- When Hospitality Makes Up For Glitches (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 11, 2001)
The Qataris have pulled out all stops to make the WTO meeting a success.
- Severe Blow To Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
ANOTHER hare-brained proposal is being floated to tackle the mounting stocks of wheat and rice.
- Non-Trade Issues: Let Investment Not Lock The Talks (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 10, 2001)
As the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gets under way at Doha, Qatar.
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- Even Better Than The Real Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
A FUNNY thing has happening on entertainment channels.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2001)
TEN YEARS ago, when the debate about GATT, patents and ``intellectual property rights'' was at its height, opponents raised a storm of fear.
- Doha Ministerial: A Testing Time (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Nov 09, 2001)
THE DOHA ministerial to begin today is the fourth successive meeting after the establishment of the WTO in 1995.
- Trade And Agriculture -- Case For True Reform In Farm Trade (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 09, 2001)
If you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish; But if you want to feed him for life, teach him how to catch fish. -- a Chinese proverb.
- India’s Strategy: You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Yours (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 09, 2001)
For all practical purposes, the WTO’s Doha Ministerial Conference would be the “second” after the Singapore Ministerial Conference of 1996.
- Make The Wto Challenge An Opportunity (Business Line, G. Thimmaiah , Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO meeting at Doha has again raised the issue of costs and benefits of remaining a WTO member.
- Can’t Dodge Doha (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO Agreement says a ministerial meeting should be held once every two years.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- Even Better Than The Real Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
A FUNNY thing has happening on entertainment channels.
- The Doha Imponderables (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 08, 2001)
IN THE NORMAL course, the fourth WTO Ministerial conference, starting in Doha tomorrow, should be an important date marking the progress of the world economy towards an open trading regime.
- Tough Battle Ahead In Doha (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 08, 2001)
AN AIR of uncertainty surrounds the WTO's Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar (November 9-13), given the venue's proximity to the war zone and threat perceptions of sudden terrorist attack.
- Urea Fertiliser -- Safeguarding India's Interests At Doha (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Nov 08, 2001)
MUCH has been said about the group-wise uniform concession scheme for urea (based on the ERC) with which the Government proposes to replace the existing unit-wise retention price scheme (RPS).
- Dual Strategy Required To Sustain Agro Exports (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 08, 2001)
It is now clear that developed countries are reluctant to reduce their level of domestic support and export subsidies to sustain agriculture.
- Complex Regulations Cutting Deep Into Trade Reform (The Financial Express, Sunil Kumar, Nov 08, 2001)
When confidence levels are down, even the best get the blues. Thus as the last vestige of quantitative restrictions (QRs) and the import-licensing regime was removed in April 2001, it was not the opening of the economy that was celebrated.
- Implementation + New Round = Win–win For All. Amen! (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 08, 2001)
Ever since the European Union made its proposal a few years ago for the Millennium Round, a number of developing countries, including India, have emphasised that resolution of the problems of implementation needs the undivided attention of the WTO.
- Get Trips Out Of The Wto (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Nov 08, 2001)
THE WORLD is reeling under the scare of anthrax. Every day cases are reported mainly from the US but elsewhere too.
- A Patent Problem Called Anthrax (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Nov 07, 2001)
THE Canadian government’s decision to manufacture the generic version of the antibiotic drug, Ciprofloxacin, has expectedly met with no voice of dissent from the patent holding MNC.
- Glitzy But With Limited Range (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2001)
EVEN BY THE standards of the passenger car sector in India, recent developments are particularly frenetic.
- India Should Favour A New Trade Round (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 07, 2001)
With the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled to begin this week at Doha, Qatar, WTO’s former Deputy Director-General, Anwarul Hoda.
- The Schroeder Visit (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 06, 2001)
THE RECENT visit of the German Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, to India was significant from several angles, particularly for the signals it conveyed that there is life after September 11; that it is business as usual for the two countries.
- Wto: Why All The Fuss Over The Doha Ministerial? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 06, 2001)
The hype in India over the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), scheduled to begin this week at Doha, can only match the Niagara Falls in its fury, but in substance it is as nonsensical as an elephant climbing the Mount Everest.
- Ficci-Cii Perspective On Wto Strategy (The Financial Express, Rahul Bajaj, Nov 06, 2001)
After the debacle at Seattle, the Prime Minister invited the FICCI and CII to come forward with their views on India’s strategy towards trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.
- Contentious Areas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2001)
For example, on the issue of linking child labour and environment with trade, one needs to be mindful of the magnitude of the problem.
- The Way To Go About Doha (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Nov 05, 2001)
The World Trade Organization ministerial meet at Doha next month is an opportunity for developing countries to seize the initiative and make development a basic framework in global trade negotiations.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Rbis Moves Wont Work (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2001)
The high transaction cost and the lack of commitment to fulfilling contracts because of the corruption in high places make a mockery of monetary policies. P. V. Indiresan explains why Dr Bimal Jalan cannot do a Greenspan.
- Exuding Confidence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 04, 2001)
Ms. AMBIKA SONI, Congress Working Committee member and AICC general secretary, believes her party is on course.
- Own Agenda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2001)
India has become the hotbed of diplomatic exchanges thanks to the serious developments in the neighbourhood.
- Exuding Confidence (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
Ms. AMBIKA SONI, Congress Working Committee member and AICC general secretary, believes her party is on course.
- Salvaging The Wto’s Future! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
It’s so Indian, we’re concerned about saving the WTO even while we remain in deep trouble.
- ‘Don’t Fear A Breach. Just Don’t Sign, Mr Maran’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Amidst uncertainty whether the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial takes place at Doha, what’s certain is that Stuart Harbinson won’t win a popularity contest in Federation House, the back-glassed headquarters of FICCI.
- Hijacking The Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2001)
Sir, - In his thought-provoking article `WTO and Social Responsibilities' (Oct. 29) Swami Agnivesh has given a new dimension to the accusations that the World Trade Organisation has been hijacked by the more affluent Western countries.
- India Inc Prefers Isolation To Mr Harbinson’s 45 Bullets (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 02, 2001)
A worried silence has greeted the draft ministerial text released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Reforming Tariff Quota System (Business Line, S. R. Bharucha, Nov 02, 2001)
DURING the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, member-countries agreed to a tariff rate quota system as the most appropriate method to ensure market access.
- Second Dmd Further Dashes India’s Hopes (The Financial Express, S. Venkitachalam, Nov 02, 2001)
India and other developing countries are being “forced” to agree to “negotiations” on key issues like trade and investment and trade and competition policy during the fifth ministerial conference in 2003.
- Proper Alliances With Countries, Groups Needed To Push India’s Agenda At Wto (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 02, 2001)
India should enter into bilateral agreements with as many countries or group of countries as possible for garnering support to push its demands at the Doha round of WTO discussions on agriculture.
- The Stakes At Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2001)
A PROCESS THAT began more than three years ago at the World Trade Organisation and has since travelled over more than one pothole is close to completion.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
12. We attach the utmost importance to the implementation-related issues and concerns raised by Members and are determined to find appropriate solutions to them.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
The attached draft Ministerial Declaration has been prepared by the Chairman of the General Council, in cooperation with the Director-General, for transmission to the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference.
- Rev Up The Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
THE DRAFT OF the long-awaited auto policy will shortly go before the Union Cabinet for a final decision.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
24. In the light 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 GATT 1994.
- Challenges Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
PUNJAB and Haryana happily celebrate the anniversaries of their statehood today. It is a historic occasion for the two states which have had the distinction of several firsts — some laudatory and some not so flattering.
- This Is No Vietnam (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 30, 2001)
These are the days of the ventriloquist. A month and more after a multinational alliance of 19 kamikaze artistes edited the New York City skyline, they have acquired an army of translators.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh - Ii (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 30, 2001)
ANOTHER MAJOR concern in India is that the BNP's accession to power would adversely affect Indo-Bangladesh relations.
- Cotton And A Tale Of Two Cities (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 30, 2001)
The genetic cotton seed issue is creating a furore in Gujarat in particular and western India in general. Behind it is a tale of two cities.
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- Wto And Social Responsibilities (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Oct 29, 2001)
We are getting together under the clouds of global tensions and economic uncertainties.
- Wto Blues (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
The Indian Government is jittery about the forthcoming WTO ministerial meet at Doha.
- A Question Of Autonomy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 27, 2001)
ISSUES RELATING to the World Trade Organisation are not the only ones that matter for Indian economic policy-making; for that would imply that the blame for all that is wrong at home has to be placed at the door of the WTO.
- Neither Here, Nor There (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 26, 2001)
The conduct of India’s foreign policy over the last six weeks is a tempting target of criticism. But it is also not difficult to sympathise with the predicament of our policy makers.
- Portents Of A World Civil War (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 24, 2001)
THE Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, hopes the anti-terrorist strike on Afghanistan will be a quick operation and that it will come to an end before the Afghanistani refugees in Pakistan.
- Over To Doha. Singapore’s Relief Is The World’s Challenge (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 24, 2001)
The world has given a brave thumbs up to Doha and Singapore isn’t the least envious.
- Waging War On Bureaucratic Terrorism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 24, 2001)
Truth, tolerance, justice, a sense of lifes beauty and a near-violent rejection of their opposites - the system itself must be forced to reflect these virtues, or it had no business. -- John le Carre in The Constant Gardener.
- Put Off Wto Doha Meeting (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 22, 2001)
ASSUMING that the fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation is finally held in Doha (there may be a change in the venue) in a couple of weeks' time, the question to ask is:
- Shaping The Wto Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 22, 2001)
BARRING SOME DRAMATIC changes over the next few weeks it is more than likely that the World Trade Organisation is set to launch a new round of trade liberalisation negotiations, perhaps as early as in November.
- Spinning Yarns (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2001)
Is there a conspiracy to deny farmers better cotton seeds?
- Gathering Gloom (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Oct 21, 2001)
DURING 1999-2001, 110 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka.
- Gathering Gloom (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Oct 21, 2001)
DURING 1999-2001, 110 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka.
- The Wto And Developing Countries (Hindu, Mike Moore, Oct 20, 2001)
OF THE many obstacles facing the World Trade Organisation, the biggest is a myth - that developing countries are losing ground in the world trading system.
- Meanwhile In Bharatvarsha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
We’ve switched off everything except the TV.
- Apec Pushes For Wto Round, Omits Mention Of Qatar (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 19, 2001)
SHANGHAI: Pacific Rim ministers endorsed on Thursday the launch of a new round of global trade talks next month but pointedly omitted in a communique the venue of the planned conference—the Gulf state of Qatar.
- Powell’s Visit And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2001)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s flying visit to the subcontinent cleared several cobwebs in the policy-making corridors of New Delhi.
- Bioterror And Biosafety (Hindu, Vandana Shiva, Oct 19, 2001)
The reports of anthrax cases in Florida and New York have put a renewed focus on bioterror - the risks and hazards posed by biological agents.
- Tea Industry In Crisis: Has Corporate Farming Failed? (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 18, 2001)
The domestic tea industry is in the midst of a crisis with exports falling in the face of increasing global demand, decline in profit levels and large accumulation of stocks.
- A New Wto Round Now Almost Certain (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 17, 2001)
CHENNAI, OCT. 16. The message from last weekend's `informal ministerial' meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Singapore is that the launch of a new round of negotiations is now almost a certainty.
- Exports: Needed, Urgent And Committed Policy Action (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2001)
EXPORT as an engine for growth, export-led growth and `export or perish' with their intense connotations might have sounded serious mottos to developing countries intent on increasing their share of export in global trade.
- Protecting National Interest Not Disruptive: Maran (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Singapore: The press here described him as “difficult” , “contrariant”, and “a bit of an odd ball”.
- False Premises (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 13, 2001)
MINISTERS FROM some 20 countries begin a two-day meeting in Singapore today in another attempt to launch a new round of negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.
- Backwards Into The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
Punjab opposing the WTO policy on constitutional grounds shows how low the state has sunk.
- World Bank Shift Gears Unobtrusively (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 12, 2001)
WITH the Washington Consensus of policy-based lending strategy of the Bretton Woods institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.
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