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Backstage

 The joint EU-US position paper revived memories of the Uruguay Round negotiations when the two joined hands to extract the maximum from the developing and least developing countries who were still groping in the multilateral world.

 The joint paper had its effect in Delhi as well. Commerce ministry officials were at a loss to explain the sudden development, particularly when India and the EU had been on the same side as far as market access was concerned.

 In Geneva, India permanent representative to the WTO K M Chandrasekhar swung into action the moment the US and EU