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Informationen zum Autor Debashis Chakraborty is Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi Campus. He studied at the University of Calcutta and Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His research focus includes International Trade Policy, WTO negotiations and Indian economic development. He has presented and published his research at various academic and policy forums in India and abroad. He has also co-edited four books on WTO issues. Before joining the IIFT, he had also worked at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS), New Delhi, as a researcher, for five years. Klappentext This book analyses the contemporary state of affairs at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and India`s negotiating agenda at its various forums. The WTO is important for all the countries as more than 96 per cent of world trade is controlled by bodies affiliated to it. This book identifies areas in the WTO agreements that require systematic reforms. It also discusses the negotiating history of GATT/WTO, especially after the conclusion of the WTO negotiations in 1995, while not overlooking the failures of the Seattle Ministerial and Doha negotiations. It delves into the rights and interests of different interest-groups within the WTO. Many WTO members nowadays believe that bilateral and regional trade agreements are the only ways to counter the problems involved with multilateral negotiations at the WTO. Concerned about this, the WTO has recently set up a committee to look into the increase in regional trade agreements and free trade areas. This book argues for multilateralism and therefore, a stronger WTO as a rule-based organisation. This is an opportune time for WTO members to examine what is at stake and reconsider their positions. In this context, the book adds considerable value and will be of immense help to Indian negotiators and the industry. It will equally interest those involved in research in the fields of Economics, Politics and Sociology. The book, with its reader friendly index, will be of interest to scholars in the field of economics, politics and sociology as well Indian negotiators at the WTO. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the contemporary state of affairs at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and India's negotiating agenda at its various forums. This book identifies areas in the WTO agreements that require systematic reforms. It delves into the rights and interests of different interest-groups within the WTO. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword - Biswajit Dhar Preface India and the WTO: The Increasing Participation at Multilateral Level Agreement of Agriculture: The Pandora`s Box? The SPS-TBT Measures and Environmental Concerns NAMA Negotiations: The Way Ahead Trade in Textile and Clothing in the Post-MFA Period Anti-dumping, Subsidy and Countervailing Measures and Safeguards Mechanism: The Battle Over Contingency Measures Intellectual Property Rights: Where Do We Stand? Trade in Services: Emerging Key Interest Area Regionalism in the Era of Multilateralism: The Changing Focus Ensuring an Efficient Dispute Settlement System at the WTO Looking beyond Hong Kong: What Next for India? Index ...
