This book is designed to clarify India's interests in the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda and to provide a blueprint for its strategy in multilateral negotiations. The focus is on facilitating domestic and external policy reforms that can serve to bolster India's participation in the multilateral trading system and to enhance the effectiveness of India's trade and related policies in achieving developmental goals. Individual chapters address the economic effects on India of the Uruguay Round Negotiations and the prospective Doha Agenda negotiations; the implications of the abolition of the Multi-Fiber Agreement; services issues and liberalization; telecommunications policy reforms; foreign direct investment; intellectual property rights; competition policy; government procurement; standards and technical barriers; trade and environment; and, finally, a comprehensive analysis of the major issues coupled with concrete proposals to guide India's participation in the Doha Development Agenda.

The WTO Agreements are rewriting the rules of economic intercourse between countries and forging a multilateral framework for world trade. This text presents the provisions in non-technical language, seeking not to detract from their legal precision. It explains technical terms, gives examples where appropriate and links widely-scattered provisions in the Agreements where they are connected in their operation. The guide seeks to be useful to both those who are not yet acquainted with the subject and to those still needing clarification of certain concepts, ideas and general provisions. It aims to foster an understanding of WTO Agreements, to help countries to know their rights and obligations, and industry and trade bodies to know the parameters within which they now operate.

Examines deficiencies and imbalances in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements from the point of view of developing countries. Gives an account of concessions made by developing and developed countries in the Uruguay Round results, and discusses the recent trend in the WTO towards enhancing rather than correcting imbalance. Details specific aspects of the agreements, such as the dispute settlement process, and specific sectors, such as agriculture and textiles, and makes recommendations for change. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

The Book Consists Of Three Volumes. The First Two Volumes Include Complete Text Of The World Trade Organisation (Wto).The Third Volume Includes The Ministerial Declarations And Other Important Documents Of All The Ministerial Conferences Which Have Been Held At Hong Kong, Cancún, Doha, Seattle, Geneva And Singapore. The Third Volume Also Includes A Detailed Chapter On India And The Wto.It Is Hoped That The Book In Its Present Form Would Be Found Useful By The Researchers And Students Of International Economics And International Law, Business Executives, Government Officers Concerned With Formulation And Execution Of Economic Policies, Parliamentarians And The Common People Interested In World Economic Affairs.

The volume offers to the reader a multi-faceted dialogue between noted experts from two major agricultural countries, both founding members of the Word Trade Organisation, each one with different stakes in the great globalisation game. After providing the recent historical background of agricultural policies in India and France, the contributors address burning issues related to market and regulation, food security and food safety, the expected benefits from the WTO and the genuine problems raised by the new forms of international trade in agriculture, including the sensitive question of intellectual property rights in bio-technologies. This informed volume underlines the necessity of moving beyond the North-South divide, in order to address the real challenges of the future.