India, US on opposite sides of WTO talks

I dream of a nuclear weapon-free world: Barack Obama Without naming Iran, he said nuclear weapon proliferation should be checked. Geneva: The 35 ministers attending the ongoing crucial WTO talks in Geneva will start another round of dialogue today. Though, India and US are working together on the nuclear deal, they are on opposite sides of the talks. India along with many developing nations is trying to resist the pressure to further open up their markets and services sector. However, the US and European countries want the developing nations to be more flexible on industrial and agricultural trade. They believe that this is essential to lift the current global economic gloom. But India, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and other developing countries argue that this would have negative impact on the economical conditions of... [read full story]