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31. India is a net donor country in all multilateral bodies now.

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 03:30 PM

Apr 2012

Indians had pent $2 billion plus to support the US led Afghanistan rebuilding program -- a mess that Pakistan created and is continuing to create.

PS - Pakistan is a net recipient of aid -- with practically nothing to export other than terrorism and heroin.

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India to take US visas complaint to WTO [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

boo hoo LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #1

Oh naive India. Who do they think controls the WTO? nt Javaman Apr 2012 #2

corporations that want the cheap labor TheFarseer Apr 2012 #38

U.S. corporations. nt Javaman Apr 2012 #39

That link goes to Wayback Machine. Please fix the link or delete this post. leveymg Apr 2012 #3

Here's a better link leveymg Apr 2012 #4

Ta for that dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #8

Fixed. alp227 Apr 2012 #14

Thanks leveymg Apr 2012 #18

Hmm, maybe i'm complety off base on this one Daniel537 Apr 2012 #5

your president and congress are selling out your sovereignty rights all over the place. What msongs Apr 2012 #9

All international agreements are bad or just trade agreements? pampango Apr 2012 #12

Why shouldn't we retain the right to do what we want? Daniel537 Apr 2012 #21

Perhaps we should, but FDR believed that international organizations like the WTO (GATT), the UN pampango Apr 2012 #24

WTO very different from the GATT; ditto for the UN. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #26

I did not say that "only Tea Parties have problems with today's globalized trading regime". pampango Apr 2012 #27

FDR was dead by the time the GATT came into existence (1947) OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #40

Of course, we will never know whether FDR would have supported the actual GATT or WTO, we only know pampango Apr 2012 #45

You are completely off base. You don't understand the nature of the WTO or other treaties saras Apr 2012 #10

I don't believe that free trade requires one country to give visas to the citizens of another JDPriestly Apr 2012 #11

Must not block access to service providers under WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) leveymg Apr 2012 #19

Then we should leave that agreement. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #33

The US created GATS, and it's still US-based corps that benefit from it. leveymg Apr 2012 #35

Those agreements were foisted on us by the Ford, Rockefeller, etc. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #36

Major restructuring needed. But, trade policy has a consensus of both Parties, the banks, MSM, leveymg Apr 2012 #37

i never see any 'dolphin safe' stickers... happerbolic Apr 2012 #16

No treaty supersedes US law. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #20

You clearly haven't read the US Constitution. Treaties are "the supreme law of the land" leveymg Apr 2012 #22

Reid v. Covert Daniel537 Apr 2012 #23

Only in such cases as a clearly established conflict exists. leveymg Apr 2012 #25

Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 says nothing about treaties being "the supreme law of the land" Angleae Apr 2012 #34

A) it certainly does OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #41

where can I complain about their shoddy work? Skittles Apr 2012 #6

WTF!? Phlem Apr 2012 #7

India can go fuck off all I care, quit taking our jobs!!! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #13

AHHHH, that's too bad magic59 Apr 2012 #15

Folks just a reminder that we have many wonderful Indian Americans who post here at DU LynneSin Apr 2012 #17

Meanwhile...."India's strict visa regulations hamper entry of skilled foreigners" OhioChick Apr 2012 #28

Yup. They want it both ways. Just like with foreign aid. closeupready Apr 2012 #29

India is a net donor country in all multilateral bodies now. cosmicone Apr 2012 #31

They should put sanctions on the US ChromeFoundry Apr 2012 #30

It is not a one way street. cosmicone Apr 2012 #32

This isn't about India. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #42

I agree, but .... cosmicone Apr 2012 #43

I guess I think better not to validate them. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #44