March 15, 2004
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Defends Outsourcing
Neelesh Misra reports on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's recent defense of outsourcing. (Vajpayee is the Indian prime minister.)
"India's prime minister on Friday defended job outsourcing to India, saying that it would eventually create more employment in the United States, not less.
"Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mention of what he called the 'strange controversies' generated over the issue came days after remarks critical of India by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick over the outsourcing issue.
"On Tuesday, Zoellick told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee that India has no right to oppose U.S. curbs on outsourcing because it maintains 'one of the most closed economies in the world.'"
Perhaps both countries could take a lesson on free trade...
Read the entire article at Information Week.
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