India: Government hints at flexibility in WTO talks in line with FTAs

India may agree in the WTO negotiations to cut tariff in specific sectors in which the country is, anyway, slashing duties under Free Trade Agreements with different countries and blocs, a Commerce Ministry official said today.

In the government-industry consultations here, an indication was given that India may show some flexibility on a demand from the industrialized nations that the developing world should agree for zero or close-to-zero duties on their imports of specific goods.