India will push for `corrective' action -- Maran
India will seek a "close" look at the implementation of the existing agreements arising from the Uruguay Round and at the initiation of "corrective" steps at the third ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation beginning in Seattle on November 30.

Developed world must open its markets -- Jalan
FICCI president Sudhir Jalan has said that there is an urgent need to ensure greater access for developing countries to developed countries' markets.

Include textiles in WTO ambit -- Khanna
India wants that textiles trade should be immediately integrated with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), while the labour-related issues be left to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).


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