"India will not agree if sectoral tariff elimination is made mandatory," India's chief trade negotiator Rahul Khullar told Business Standard ahead of an all-important members of Group of 12 countries at the US mission.
Senior officials from G-12, including the US, EU, India and China, stepped up efforts to keep the Doha trade negotiations on rails by placating Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, which have specific concerns with trade in industrial goods.
Brazil's chief trade negotiator Roberto Azevedo threatened to leave the negotiations if the special flexibilities for the four MERCOSUR Customs Union members