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W is asking Congress - in the SOTU - to increase the H-1b visa limit. It is up to Congress how much, and as the article says, they are debating figures between 10k and 40k. Visas aren't decided at trade rounds. Why the disinformation?

What disinformation? India says they will "open markets" if the US raises the number of h1b visas. They discussed this at the doha. The president, pushing his "free trader" agenda will push congress to accept indias demands. Just as with the CAFTA you can bet there will be maximum giveways or coercion, whatever it will take to get India's demands accepted.

For "free trader" you don't seem to be too clear on the mechanics of the system.

India negotiates visa caps at trade rounds. They call the request for more visas, "market access negotiations". As you can see, Congress is not involved. They unconstitutionally gave their authority over trade to the the USTR and the WTO, when they voted for GATTS in the 1990's.

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India is totally disappointed with the United States at its revised offer to open services sectors for foreign competition as Washington gave a short shrift to New Delhi’s repeated requests to liberalise cross-border movement in medical services and relax conditions for flow of software professionals, said authoritative sources.

“We are totally disappointed with Washington’s revised offer because it did not address any of India’s core concerns in areas of interest for New Delhi in the services sectors,” said a source, arguing that India would make its unhappiness known about the US’ offer during next week’s special negotiating session at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Similarly, India conveyed that the US should relax restrictions on medical services in both Mode 1 and Mode 2 because of the huge pool of doctors and state of art facilities. T