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Curbs on PC, tablet, laptop imports: WTO dispute unlikely in near future

India needs to give a notification to the WTO at the Committee of Import Licensing, though a date for this has not been decided yet

EU, Taipei to resolve ICT duty dispute with India mutually: MoS Commerce

The European Union and Chinese Taipei have requested the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement body not to adopt the panel's ruling against India with regard to an ICT duty dispute to enable the countries to resolve the issue mutually, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. On April 2, 2019, the EU challenged the introduction of import duties by India at WTO on a wide range of ICT products like mobile phones and components, base stations, integrated circuits and optical instruments. The EU had claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with certain provisions of WTO. Later, Chinese Taipei and Japan joined the dispute. Since Japan has filed its motion for the adoption of the panel's report at Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meeting at WTO, India, in response, filed its notice of appeal. "But the European Union and Chinese Taipei have made a request to the Dispute Settlement Body at WTO to defer the adoption

WTO flags poor utilisation of India scheme for least developed countries

85% of 11,000 products offered at zero tariff remains unutilised

Agriculture, fisheries subsidies on agenda at WTO meet in Paris next week

In the previous ministerial (MC12), India was hoping to get a permanent solution to the public stockholding issue for food security

India, European Union eye mutually agreeable solution over ICT tariffs

The matter was also discussed at the sidelines of the Trade and Technology Council meeting in Brussels last month

Fortifying food security

WTO norms should be made more realistic

'WTO not listening to developing nations', says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman stressed that there was also a need to involve the private sector to step up investment and innovation

WTO ruling against India in tech tariffs dispute with European Union

India, however, believes that such retaliations will eventually be detrimental to the trade on both sides

India exploring options after WTO panel ruling, rules out immediate impact

The statement comes a day after Business Standard reported quoting an EU spokesperson that EU may impose retaliatory tariffs on Indian goods if New Delhi doesn't abide by the WTO ruling

ICT levy dispute at WTO: EU may opt for retaliatory tariffs on Indian goods

The EU had earlier approached India to resolve the matter through the MPIA

WTO panel rules against India in ICT tariff dispute with EU, others

The EU has also approached India to resolve the matter through a multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement (MPIA)

India to challenge WTO panel ruling on ICT import duties at appellate body

India will appeal against a ruling of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) trade dispute settlement panel which ruled that the country's import dues on certain information and technology products are inconsistent with the global trade norms, commerce ministry sources said. They said that the ruling will not have any adverse impact on domestic industry. The appeal will be filed by India in the WTO's appellate body, which is the final authority on such trade disputes, they said. The dispute panel of the Geneva-based WTO on Monday said the import duties imposed by India on certain informational and technology products violates global trading norms. The ruling followed a dispute filed by the European Union, Japan and Taiwan against these duties in the WTO. "We will be going for an appeal against the decision and there will be no adverse impact on our industry," the commerce ministry sources added. The EU on April 2, 2019 had challenged the introduction of import duties by India on a

Govt introduces quality control orders for 31 textile items, more on anvil

The QCOs, which apply to both domestic and foreign manufacturers, have been brought in to ensure adherence of such products to global standards

Digital infrastructure role in e-commerce: India seeks views at WTO

The WTO's 12th ministerial conference in June had decided to reinvigorate the ongoing work programme on e-commerce

Hold talks to extend TRIPS waiver to Covid diagnostics: Piyush Goyal to G20

Goyal said if multilateralism was imperilled, the world will not be left with many fora to promote dialogue and diplomacy

Staying out of IPEF's trade pillar: There are two sides to this debate

There is no meeting ground between politics which is looking at the elections this year, and economics, which is looking at the next decade

Top Headlines: BSNL bailout, YES Bank to raise $1.1 bn from Carlyle, Advent

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Proposed DESH law aims to grant SEZs greater flexibility, but will it work?

Some experts see significant positives, other believe problems associated with older policy will persist

TRIPS waiver deal in WTO to help countries make Covid vaccines: Goyal

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said TRIPS waiver for five years agreed in the recently concluded WTO will help countries manufacture Covid vaccines to deal with the pandemic.

TMSEp197: WTO report card, Ashish Khanna, Crypto markets, RBI's MPC

Was WTO meet success for India? What does Ashish Khanna of Tata Power say about our renewable energy target? Will the crypto carnage continue? How does MPC function & what's its mandate? Answers here