No change in India's stand in WTO on farm, industry: Sharma

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) India has not changed its position
on agriculture and industry at the World Trade Organisation
negotiations on freeing global trade to protect the interests
of its farmers and small enterprises, Indian Commerce and
Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said.

"There was no change in India's negotiating position in
agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA)," an
official release quoted Sharma as saying.
Sharma led the India delegation at the three-day WTO
ministerial conference attended by trade ministers of 153
member-countries which ended in Geneva Wednesday.
New Delhi has been pressing for an effective safeguard
mechanism to protect the interest of its farmers and small
scale sector from any possible surge in imports following
liberalisation of world trade.
Addressing a news conference after the conference,
Sharma said though it was not intended as a negotiating forum,
the meeting "provided a useful opportunity for different
groups and caucuses to assess the direction of the
negotiations."
Sharma said the first priority should be to conclude the
as quickly as possible the Doha Round of talks on liberalising
world trade which have floundered since they were launched at
the Qatari capital in 2001. (MORE) PTI NKD
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