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94Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Yes, Mr. Moinul Hassan; you have sevenminutes.SHRI MOINUL HASSAN (WEST BENGAL): Sir, the 7 th WTO Ministerialmeeting was held in Geneva from 30 th November to 3 rd December, 2009.Sir, the main theme of the discussion was "The WTO, the MultilateralTrading System and the Current Global Economic Environment".Sir, my point is, the Ministerial meeting was held at the backdropof the global economic crisis which has led to a collapse in global trade.According to the WTO estimates, the global trade has seen at least 9per cent decline in 2009. Our country is not out of the purview of thiscrisis.(Contd. by 1u/SKC)1u/12.45/skcSHRI MOINUL HASSAN (Contd.): So, every citizen wants to know howwe protect our interests in different areas, particularly, agriculture andemployment-intensive small-scale industries.Sir, WTO consists of various negotiating groups in Geneva, and,as I understand, they are carrying out negotiations in a non-transparentmanner. They believe that India has substantially moved away from itsearlier position, particularly, in agriculture. May I know from the hon.Minister, what the message of the WTO talks is to the farmingcommunity of our country, especially the small peasantry engaged inlargely rain-fed agriculture? So far as industrial tariff is concerned, due tothe present economic recession, our employment intensive industries liketextile, leather garments, leather goods, gems and jewellery, havealready faced a devastating effect. What have we done to protect our
95Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009indigenous industry when developed countries are trying to open newmarkets for their flagging industry?Sir, we are all aware of the WTO talks. The two sides appearunwilling to offer concession over agricultural subsidies and industrialproducts. That has caused an eight-year stalemate. In his interview afterthe conclusion of the mini-Ministerial meeting, the Minister was quiteoptimistic and said, "It has narrowed". What is the situation after themini-Ministerial talks so far? Sir, after the meeting, which was heldrecently, the United States called on developing countries to make"meaningful market opening". But Brazil said that it is "unreasonable".May I know our country's opinion? What is the Ministry's opinion? Whatis India's opinion? Ultimately what action was taken by WTO?Sir, the other point that I would like to make in response to thereply given by the hon. Minister is about the basic structure of WTO.The WTO is now behaving like an arbitrator and promoter of free trade.It should be an advisory council to plan the foreign trade system in sucha manner as to protect the interests of all, especially the developingcountries. What is the Government doing to channelize WTO's efforts inthat direction?Lastly, Sir, farmers' control over seed is the basic necessity forfood security and biodiversity. But this may be lost by the patent lawsand new seed laws. Would the Government think about it and protectour country's interest?(Ends)SHRI N.K. SINGH (BIHAR): Sir, I think the Minister for Commerce issomewhat lucky, because, fortunately, the moments of inconvenient truthwill be confronted by his colleague in Copenhagen, and not in Geneva,
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