Already, Malaysia has said it will not carry out tariff cuts on cars scheduled for January.
Spurred by tariff cuts on solar cells, Pittie set up Pittie Renewable Energy Systems in Pune.
Tariff cuts, noted the official China Daily, would force enterprises to boost their competitiveness or go bankrupt.
Voters there understand China's intentions very well and are unlikely to be swayed by a few tariff cuts.
General Pinochet introduced unilateral tariff cuts, and the democratic governments of the centre-left that followed have continued the policy.
But these omissions are mere details compared to the failure to implement the tariff cuts that have already been agreed.
Although developing countries agreed to make deep tariff cuts in the Uruguay round, that is a gain not a loss.
Some fear the Malaysian stance could raise the prospect that other countries could seek delays in tariff cuts for their vulnerable industries.
European officials have used this as an argument against deep tariff cuts.
According to analysts at the World Bank, if you excuse more than 2% of farm products from the tariff cuts, you lose over 75% of the benefits.
In farm trade, this week's breakthrough on the technicalities of tariff conversion merely opens the door to the real haggling over how to structure tariff cuts for farm goods.
He also indicated that the inclination for slower tariff cuts by some Asean members might be reinforced by China's entry into the World Trade Organization, which could increase competition in some sectors.
Though civilian rulers in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, have since been too weak to implement any tariff cuts, the intention is clearly to give businesses in both countries a stake in promoting good relations.
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The OECD argues that the cost of new border restrictions could increase the cost of foreign trade by around 1% to 3%, and could lead to a reduction in trade flows by several times as much - by between 3% and 9% - more than counterbalancing the savings made by tariff cuts in the last round of trade talks.
The tariff ceiling for agriculture products is expected to drop to 10.8% from 13.2% and for manufactured goods it will go from 9.5% to 7.3% The final bound import rate will be in place on the date of entry into the WTO on most goods, with roughly 25% of future tariff cuts to be implemented three years later.
Mr Sarkozy singled out Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, for alarming Irish (and French) farmers with talk of cuts to EU tariff barriers.
When the federal government tried to speed up cuts in the feed-in tariff for solar power, several states put up a fight, forcing a partial retreat.
In contrast, Mr. McCain has even proposed tax cuts here, pledging to repeal the 54 cents per gallon tariff on sugar-based ethanol, as well as sugar import quotas, which should help to lower prices for gas and food.
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