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Rio+20: India Vetos Trade Barriers – 16 June 2012, Deccan Herald

June 20, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit, India made out a strong case against  restrictive trade barriers imposed by rich nations in the name of climate change and insisted that “sustainable development goals” have to be “voluntary, aspirational and non-binding.”
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