This paper discusses the importance of industrial tariffs for South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangaldesh and Nepal) and focusses on the ongoing NAMA negotiations in the WTO from the perspective of these South Asian countries

This paper analyses the texts on Agriculture and NAMA that emerged from the VI ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong (HK) from 13-18 December 2005, which was projected as a ‘success.'