Hindustantimes.com April 20, 2002
India, China to work closely at WTO on common interests PTI Kolkata , 19-04-2002 India and China would work closely on areas of common interests at the WTO including agriculture and environment, a senior government official said on Friday. Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry Additional Secretary SN Menon said that a group of officials from the Chinese communist party and government recently visited Delhi to discuss areas in which the two countries could work together. He said the two areas which had been initially identified for cooperation were agriculture and environment. More would be identified in future as discussions took place since China was a new signatory to the WTO. Explaining India's stand, Menon said that the farm sector could not be opened up as the farming community of the country would be exposed to the onslaught of the developed world which were heavily subsidising their own agricultural sectors. He was speaking at 'WTO -- the ongoing negotiations at Geneva - post Doha' organised by Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The official added that the same concern was echoed by China, on the basis of which the two countries had decided to work in close cooperation. Send your feedback at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ©Hindustan Times Ltd. 1997. Reproduction in any form is prohibited without prior permission.
