The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 16, 2006

EDITORIAL
A passage to China
Opening of the Nathu-la pass has much potential for bilateral trade and development on both sides of India-China border. More

FOREIGN TRADE
India and free trade in Asia
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive? More

WTO
Can we afford to sacrifice NAMA at WTO altar?
Considering the fact that industrial and consumer products still account for more than 75 per cent of global trade, negotiations on industrial goods or NAMA assume importance, more so, as in the recent WTO talks, agricultural market access hogged the limelight. More

INTERVIEW
`Right fuel pricing is the only way to efficiency'
Though India has not been as gluttonous in fuel as some developed countries, our energy efficiency is far from satisfactory. Because of political pressure, by not pricing fuel correctly, our efficiencies have suffered. If you don't right-price, you d on't realise the value of what you are consuming. — MR R. SESHASAYEE, PRESIDENT, CII More

TRENDS
Rampant abuse
Here is an important excerpt from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "All human beings are...equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in ... More

LETTERS

Market panic

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