Kamal Nath, India?s commerce minister, said there would be no deal at the WTO talks in Hong Kong unless developed nations stop demanding concessions from poor countries in exchange for reducing agricultural and other protectionism that should not be there in the first place.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Nath said: ?What really upsets me is that developed countries are asking: ?If we stop doing what we shouldn?t be doing, what are you willing to pay us for it???