India should reject WTO draft, says PUCL
CHENNAI: India should reject the WTO draft agreements on Agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access as the provisions are detrimental to the country's interests, the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) said on Monday. K.G. Kannabiran, president, PUCL, noted in a press release that the draft allowed farm subsidies in the U.S. to increase to between $13 billion and $16.4 billion, while forcing developing nations such as India and Brazil to cut their import tariffs by about 36 per cent on average. "Will hit markets'