India hardens stand on Doha flexibilties

D Ravi Kanth / Geneva July 19, 2008, 0:59 IST

In rather blunt and uncompromising terms, India has made it known to key industrialised countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that New Delhi must secure enhanced flexibilities to address the special products and special safeguard mechanism and commensurate responses to its offers in Doha services negotiations in order to accept an agreement on the modalities in Doha Development Agenda agriculture and market-opening for industrial goods.