<p>The 27-nation bloc gave this input to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which has recently completed a Trade Policy Review of the EU.<br /><br />According to the policy document, the EU has concluded FTAs with Central America, Colombia and Peru, which include detailed provisions on effective protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).<br /><br />"A similar approach is being followed in on-going FTA negotiations with India, MERCOSUR, and Singapore and in non-preferential cooperation agreements with China and Russia," it said.<br /><br />The India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) officially known as 'Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA)' has been delayed as there are differences on contentious issues like IPR.<br /><br />While the EU wants India to tighten its IPR rules beyond what New Delhi has agreed with WTO, Indian negotiators have been maintaining that they cannot sign any pact beyond the agreement with world trade body.<br /><br />Both the sides are negotiating the pact since June 2007 and have already completed several rounds of talks without any breakthrough.<br /><br />According to the policy, in the short term the European Commission is interested in covering both investment protection and liberalisation of trade in its ongoing FTA negotiations with India.<br /><br />The negotiations for the agreement are expected to conclude by the end of this year.<br />The EU is India’s largest trading partner; bilateral trade in 2009-10 aggregated to USD 75 billion.<br /><br />The EU had confiscated several consignments of Indian medicines in transit through European ports for other developing countries, alleging infringement of the IPR.<br /><br />India had protested in the WTO against a European Commission regulation, which allows such a recourse if there is an allegation of an IPR infringement even in a transit country, an EU member. <br /><br />Sharma, who has so far sent down 112 overs in the series, or more than 40 overs per Test, finds the conditions at Windsor Park none too suited for fast bowlers.<br /><br />"It's too slow and very hot. But then that is an uncontrollable thing and I need to believe in myself," he said.<br /><br />Sharma had suffered a mid-career slump missing the World Cup and a few other series but the young pacer worked hard on his fitness and is extremely hungry to make up for the lost time.<br /><br />"Not only this but every series is important. As for me, there are reasons to self-motivate myself -- why was I dropped; why I couldn't play the World Cup; the (early omission) ODI series (in the Caribbean)," said Ishant, who took his 100th Test wicket in the second Test in Barbados.<br /><br />The beanpole fast bowler also issued a warning to England for the forthcoming series considering "the form we are in and the strengthening of fast bowling resources with the return of Zaheer Khan."</p>
<p>The 27-nation bloc gave this input to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which has recently completed a Trade Policy Review of the EU.<br /><br />According to the policy document, the EU has concluded FTAs with Central America, Colombia and Peru, which include detailed provisions on effective protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).<br /><br />"A similar approach is being followed in on-going FTA negotiations with India, MERCOSUR, and Singapore and in non-preferential cooperation agreements with China and Russia," it said.<br /><br />The India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) officially known as 'Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA)' has been delayed as there are differences on contentious issues like IPR.<br /><br />While the EU wants India to tighten its IPR rules beyond what New Delhi has agreed with WTO, Indian negotiators have been maintaining that they cannot sign any pact beyond the agreement with world trade body.<br /><br />Both the sides are negotiating the pact since June 2007 and have already completed several rounds of talks without any breakthrough.<br /><br />According to the policy, in the short term the European Commission is interested in covering both investment protection and liberalisation of trade in its ongoing FTA negotiations with India.<br /><br />The negotiations for the agreement are expected to conclude by the end of this year.<br />The EU is India’s largest trading partner; bilateral trade in 2009-10 aggregated to USD 75 billion.<br /><br />The EU had confiscated several consignments of Indian medicines in transit through European ports for other developing countries, alleging infringement of the IPR.<br /><br />India had protested in the WTO against a European Commission regulation, which allows such a recourse if there is an allegation of an IPR infringement even in a transit country, an EU member. <br /><br />Sharma, who has so far sent down 112 overs in the series, or more than 40 overs per Test, finds the conditions at Windsor Park none too suited for fast bowlers.<br /><br />"It's too slow and very hot. But then that is an uncontrollable thing and I need to believe in myself," he said.<br /><br />Sharma had suffered a mid-career slump missing the World Cup and a few other series but the young pacer worked hard on his fitness and is extremely hungry to make up for the lost time.<br /><br />"Not only this but every series is important. As for me, there are reasons to self-motivate myself -- why was I dropped; why I couldn't play the World Cup; the (early omission) ODI series (in the Caribbean)," said Ishant, who took his 100th Test wicket in the second Test in Barbados.<br /><br />The beanpole fast bowler also issued a warning to England for the forthcoming series considering "the form we are in and the strengthening of fast bowling resources with the return of Zaheer Khan."</p>