Mr Singh has liberal views on trade, and his cabinet shuffle notably got rid of the commerce minister, who was widely blamed for scuppering trade talks under the Doha round in Geneva last July.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

He thinks the mood now feels more like 1982, when earlier efforts in Geneva to launch a new round came to nought because France blocked any serious discussion of agriculture.

ECONOMIST: Trade

Indeed, the Clinton Administration intends to try to complete negotiations on both the "demarcation" and "multilateralization" issues as early as the next round of the Geneva-based Standing Consultative Commission scheduled for March, 1995.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Reginald Bartholemew to participate in the umpteenth round of negotiations in Geneva. (1) The President also indicated that the United States would at last utilize its airpower against the Serb aggressors but only if the U.N.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom Flame 2013

Officials in Geneva worry that these are sapping energy from the Doha round.

ECONOMIST: World trade

Meanwhile, a separate round of talks has started, also in Geneva.

ECONOMIST: The Koreas