Saturday, December 10, 2005

Trade: Naked dolls reveal flaws in Indian FTA

According to Malaysia's Trade Minister, Rafidah Aziz, naked dolls and toiler seats are hampering India's hopes for an early start to a free-trade agreement.

She said she found it amusing that the list of items India wanted to exclude, represented 44 per cent of ASEAN's exports to the country, with a value of $ 4.76 billion.

Her Indian counterpart agreed and admitted the list needs "substantial pruning".