www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Monday , August 13, 2007 at 0017 hrs IST New Delhi When the tea sector is in crisis, the government thinks of only the industry, not tea garden workers, says a study on the distress of tea garden workers in West Bengal. The study, by Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury and […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Sunday , August 12, 2007 at 2315 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 12 The government is planning to allow import of wheat flour by reducing the effective duty from 36.4% to zero. The committee of secretaries (CoS) presided over by KM Chandrasekhar last week after reviewing the wheat import […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA (Economy Bureau) Posted online: Thursday , August 09, 2007 at 2348 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 9 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has estimated that a 50% tariff reduction among global system of trade preferences (GSTP) members, comprising developing countries, would result in a trade gain of $15-$18 […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Monday , August 13, 2007 at 2331 hrs IST India’s main areas of concern have been largely addressed at the ongoing Doha Round as trade negotiations enter the last phase with reasonably good prospects for a successful conclusion, Harsha Vardhana Singh, deputy director-general, World Trade Organisation (WTO), said here […]
http://www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Sunday , August 12, 2007 at 2331 hrs IST Climate change is set to take a toll on Indian agriculture unless adaptive measures are put in place. There may be severe droughts at places and enhanced intensity of floods in other parts of the country, according to the secretary […]
Statement of the Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign vs. FTAs [1] on the 40th ASEAN Minister’s Meeting in Manila (July 30-August 2, 2007) July 31, 2007 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s keynote speech at the opening of the 40th ASEAN Minister’s Meeting in Manila today, trumpeted yet again the vision of ASEAN as one “Caring and Sharing” community, […]
Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign against FTAs 1 August 2007 An anti-FTA rally with around 150 trade activists from the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Campaign (AEPC) was violently dispersed today near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), the venue of the on-going 40th Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The Executive Committee of AFA decided to put up its own secretariat office in Manila last July 23, 2007. The decision marked the end of a process of autonomy which began in 2002, facilitated by its NGO partner and catalyst, AsiaDHRRA. It signalled the readiness of AFA leaders to take on bigger responsibilities in organizational […]
