Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Geneva, the United States and the Sino-Indian war of words stuck deadlocked Doha Round.

Close to the Doha Round of trade talks, the U.S. 28th in the World Trade Organization (WTO) was extremely critical of China and India are negotiating obstacles, especially between the two countries named to counter China. .<P> (Http://finance.) Participated in 28 WTO membership this morning officials described the meeting will be in the "atmosphere is very poor." .In a statement, the United States accused India of "refusal," the Chinese "Exit" in the WTO Secretary General Pascal Lamy, WTO led to obtain a majority of support for agricultural and industrial products, concessions Package, "has caused the entire Doha round of the most in seven years .serious harm. " .And warned that "unless the two members immediately turn into a problem solver from the obstacles, otherwise we will leave Geneva empty-handed." .</ P> <P> WTO ambassador Sun Zhenyu, Chinese Ambassador to a number of data is held back, he said, China from joining WTO, the contribution of reduction is much greater than the United States; the United States every possible means to protect its own domestic market, "now .also told us to take more effort to walk a few miles. " .</ P> <P> including China, India close to a hundred, including 27 developing countries issued a statement calling for the special products in agriculture (SP) and Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), there must than July .the case of 25 sets of better protection. .</ P> <P> United States believes that China and India to protect their markets for agricultural products, is the need to expand agricultural exports of poor countries shut the door. .U.S. says China has said that for cotton, sugar and rice completely cut tariffs, which do not meet the United States recently announced its willingness to reduce agricultural subsidies in the condition that other major countries to be relatively open market. .In the "non-agricultural market access (NAMA)", namely, industrial products, the United States criticized China, India refused to cover the case of encouraging participation in the machinery, electronics, chemistry and other departments of the proposed tariff reduction. .</ P> <P> WTO currently has more than a dozen industrial products sector in the discussion of tariff agreements, these agreements are voluntary, will be reduced to zero tariffs on products sector, or close to zero. .According to a new set of cases, developing countries tariff program participation on the sector higher, in the general reduction formula can be applied on a higher tax rate. .However, the Indian opposition. .</ P> <P> than the Sun Shack statement after the criticism, the United States has agreed to the total agricultural trade-distorting domestic support (OTDS) upper bound down to 14.5 billion U.S. dollars per year; However, the United States nearly two years, only 70 actual OTDS .to 80 billion U.S. dollars, which makes the United States still retains much of the policy space. .</ P> <P> in industrial products, China said the United States want to keep the textile and clothing tariff peaks and then a decade, has asked China to open China to protect the machinery, electronics, chemical and other sensitive industries. .</ P> <P> speaking before the United States, India has also stressed the special products, special safeguard mechanism and the department of customs concerns. .After being criticized by name in the United States, Ambassador of India to respond Bhatia said India welcomed the seventy-second sets of cases as a basis for discussion, but not only "take it or leave" option. .</ P> <P> has been tight-lipped on the media, the Chinese delegation, 28, is also rare after the Sun's will be released to the media in the statement, and another supplement, which pointed out that China's protection of cotton, sugar and rice .meters, is in line with developing countries protect the rights of special products. .</ P> <P> after exchange of fire in this, including the three countries and the European Union, Brazil, Japan, Australia and continue to be held at noon from the core of the talks. .</ P>.

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