Prabhash Ranjan and Biplove Choudhary (both from Centad) point out that while negotiations on agricultural market access and subsidies have hogged the limelight, developing countries should not lose sight of issues related to industrial goods.
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Samar Verma argues that while the missed 2006 end-April deadline in WTO negotiations was unrealistic, there is no room for complacency on the part of negotiators.
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An interview with Rupa Chanda on the controversial services deal.
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Duncan Green, head of research, Oxfam GB, assesses the deal in Hong Kong in an interview with Centad.
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What did the LDCs get out of Hong Kong? Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, answers the question in an interview with Centad.
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A variety of civil society organisations from across the world made their presence felt at the WTO Ministerial in novel and effective ways.
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Every proclamation of victory by developing countries following the Hong Kong Ministerial would strengthen the bargaining position of the developed countries, warns Centad’s Executive Director in this personal piece.
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The protests and demonstrations outside the Hong Kong Ministerial convention centre were more telling than the negotiations inside it, says John Samuel, International Director of ActionAid. The WTO, he says, has moved beyond mystified and privileged policy domains to the political domain of mass common sense.
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An interview with William R. Cline, the author of the much-acclaimed book ‘Trade Policy and Global Poverty’.
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Sophia Murphy, an articulate campaigner against agricultural dumping,
speaks to Centad.
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An interview with James Love, Director of Consumer Project on Technology, on patents and public health.
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An interview with Celine Charveriat of Oxfam’s Advocacy office in Geneva on the challenges confronting the G20.
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An interview with Sam Laird, inter-regional adviser, UNCTAD, on industrial tariffs in NAMA negotiations.
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Darlan Fonseca, an articulate campaigner on trade and development issues, speaks to Centad about NAMA negotiations.
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Market access is one of the most sensitive issues for developing and developed countries in WTO negotiations in agriculture. It is necessary to keep in mind the differentials between countries in South Asia when agreements on tariffs are being discussed.
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Although India’s poultry industry has been expanding domestically, exports are limited. Keen to expand their export market, leading poultry companies are experimenting with new production and processing models. A pilot project in Uttar Pradesh is adapting the ‘backyard model’ to spur integration within the industry.
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If trade is to make poverty history, then the pace of negotiations on agriculture at the WTO has to be hastened. Progress has been painfully slow. Countries have not even agreed on a framework for negotiations. A G20 proposal provides some hope.
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If developed countries cut their agricultural subsidies, will it help or hinder developing countries? Arvind Panagariya of Columbia University and William Cline of the Centre for Global Development present two completely divergent views.
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India is the third largest cotton producer in the world but its per hectare yield is among the poorest, reducing its competitiveness in the international market. A study of India’s most prolific cotton-producing state highlights some of the factors responsible for this sorry state of affairs.
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The contentious issue of tariff reduction received a boost at the recent NAMA conference, with Argentina, India and Brazil proposing tariff reductions based on the Girard formula. Some countries though have opposed it on grounds that it restricts market access.
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