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Trade: India to resume Doha dialogue |
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India has reiterated its commitment to the successful conclusion of the Doha process through a constructive engagement. In his special address to the Cairn group in Bali recently, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma stated that the Doha round must be central to all discussions and the aspirations of all developing countries for a fair trading regime must be recognised.
Cairn group is a unique coalition of 19 agricultural exporting countries, promoting free trade in agriculture. These include US, Canada, Brazil, Japan, EU, South Africa, Indonesia, among other countries.
During the meeting, Sharma also had discussions with Ron Kirk, the US Trade representative. This is the first time that the Indian Commerce Minister has had a substantive ministerial engagement with the US in the Obama administration.
The two ministers agreed to take forward the multilateral negotiations and to
review the US-India bilateral engagement during the visit of Sharma to Washington
later this month.
The minister also held talks with his counterparts from Australia, New Zealand,
Malaysia and Indonesia. He is scheduled to hold discussions with Pascal Lamy, DG of WTO tomorrow.
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