Public debate in India on trade and investment policies surfaces briefly a few days before a major WTO event like the Cancun ministerial and soon fades away.
Much of it focuses entirely on the shorter-term issues due for negotiation and the associated trade-offs. This limited concern is unfortunate. It obfuscates some of the more fundamental arguments in favour of opening up further and the consequent need to participate in a multilateral framework that enables this.
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