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Wheat imports: sacrificing farmers for WTO

30 April, 2006
India is unilaterally opening up its doors for imports of wheat at a time when the issues of special products (SPs), special safeguard mechanism (SSM), farm tariffs and bound rates and the role of state trading enterprises are not yet settled in the WTO.

Status of WTO negotiations, Portman criticizes Lamy WTO Negotiators Seek to Rescue Global Accord With New Deadline

30 April, 2006
World Trade Organization negotiators are seeking to rescue a global accord by setting a six-week timetable to cut import duties on commodities and industrial goods ranging from corn and computers to cars.