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EU team to hold consultations with India on Feb 5-6
PTI - New Delhi
An official level European Union delegation will visit India in the first week
of February to thrash out the differences in the face of Brussels challenging
New Delhi’s anti-dumping measures at the WTO.
The team would hold consultations on February 5-6 on anti-dumping measures imposed
by India against the EU between 1999-2003, official sources said here.
The EU had last month formally requested WTO for consultations with India on
practically all anti-dumping measures affecting its exports from sectors like
chemicals and pharmaceuticals, textiles and steel.
The EU has challenged the WTO consistency of New Delhi’s anti-dumping measures
on several grounds in particular for the lack of transparency in its investigations
and evidence linking EU exports to the harm caused to Indian domestic industry.
The visit of EU officials comes close on the heels of the EU trade commissioner
Pascal Lamy’s whistle-stop tour to Asian countries including India to break
the impasse on WTO talks. The first step in a WTO dispute settlement is a request
for consultation from the complaining member. If consultations fail to settle
the dispute within 60 days after the date of receipt of consultation request,
the complaining party may request the dispute settlement body to establish a
panel.
Meanwhile, the government has dropped the proposal to make the Directorate General
of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) an autonomous body. The DGAD would
continue in its existing form, the cabinet was informed recently. |
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