WTO Chief Lamy In India
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.WTO Director General Pascal Lamy is in India today and will meet PM Manmoh an Singh to seek India 's views on the options before the multilateral trade body to bring the beleaguered Doha Round of trade talks back on rail. Lamy's two-day visit to India will also include discussions with Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath , as well as representatives of the industry like FICCI and CII.
The WTO Chief's visit is likely to be followed by one to the US where he would meet trade officials and try to bring them on board for maintaining the momentum to conclude the Doha trade talks that was launched in 2001. H is visit comes days after the WTO mini-ministerial meeting in Geneva collapsed on the issue of safeguard for farmers from the developing countries against import surges. The stand-off in the Geneva meeting was mainly between the US on the one side and India and China on the other.
Lamy will participate in a two-day international conference on 'Global Partnership for Development'.