Reply #11: Good morning all [View All]

[jamesinca]

I wonder if I am allowed to say that looking at todays start? I did a little research yesterday because of the denial about sending jobs to India that came up on one of the boards. I found my newspaper clipping, Bush promised jobs to India over state protest of outsourcing.

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US gives India assurance on outsourcing
TIMES NEWS NETWORK< SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2003 10:01:26 AM >
WASHINGTON: The Indian government and businesses have won a major assurance from the Bush Administration on the issue of outsourcing.

A senior US official has said Washington is against any attempt by state governments to legislate a ban on outsourcing on the lines of what is being considered in New Jersey and other states.

The official, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, gave this assurance in course of three hours of intensive talks with Indian Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley, during which they discussed subjects ranging from the movement of people to the export of Indian mangoes to the US.

The length of the talks itself was indicative of the wide range of bilateral and multilateral topics under discussion as the two sides try and bump up their modest $ 15 billion trade to greater levels.
But the controversial issue of outsourcing was clearly on top of the pile and Jaitley said he had explained that the public and political opinion in India regards the move by some US states as "completely contrary to the spirit of market access and creates an adverse environment when negotiations were on in various other sectors."

Zoellick, he said, was alert to the brouhaha the issue had caused in India and conveyed to him that the Bush Administration opposes the states’ move and is persuading them not to go ahead with it.

In at least half a dozen states, state legislators are considering legislation to put a crimp on outsourcing claiming it is taking away local jobs. Outsourcing to India is projected to be a $ 20 billion business in the next five years, mostly from the United States.

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Lets hope for an UPHILL climb for the afternoon.