The WTO Secretariat has published an information note looking at how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes the impact of supply chain disruptions on MSMEs and the extent to which smaller businesses are represented in the economic sectors hardest hit by the crisis. The report notes […]
India under no obligation to implement WTO’s dispute panel recommendations on export schemes: Goyal
A dispute settlement panel of World Trade Organization (WTO) in its report issued to members on 31 October 2019 has ruled that India’s export-related schemes (including SEZ scheme) are in the nature of prohibited subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and are inconsistent with WTO norms. India is under no obligation to […]
WTO issues panel report regarding Indian export promotion measures
WTO issues panel report regarding Indian export promotion measures Download: Just the findings and conclusions in pdf format In pdf format: Panel report Addendum Source : org
Setback at WTO: India to rework export schemes after losing dispute to US
In that case, the fate of any appeal by India against a verdict in favour of the US remains uncertain. With India losing a key trade dispute with the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on export subsidies, it will likely expedite a process to replace or restructure various WTO-incompatible export schemes in the […]
India challenges WTO solar verdict
India won a case in June this year against the US on domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by 8 US states in the solar sector. However, India has challenged the ruling given by the WTO dispute settlement panel, according to a release by the trade body. While most of the verdict is in India’s […]
Solar power: India appeals against certain parts of rulings by WTO dispute panel
New Delhi has challenged certain issues of law and legal interpretation covered in the panel’s report or ruling. NEW DELHI: India is challenging certain parts of rulings given by the WTO’s dispute settlement panel on a solar case against the US, according to a communication by the World Trade Organization. Though India has won this […]
Solar case: US appeals against WTO panel’s ruling in favour of India
The US has challenged this ruling in the WTO’s Appellate Body, which is above the dispute settlement panel. A ruling given by the WTO’s dispute settlement panel on renewable energy or the solar sector in favour of India has been challenged by the US in the upper body of the World Trade Organization. In June, […]
WTO to rule on China’s complaint on U.S. duties on solar cells
GENEVA : The World Trade Organization (WTO) set up a dispute panel requested on Thursday by China to rule on U.S. safeguard duties imposed on imports of solar cells, a Geneva trade official said. The decision, automatic upon its second request at a meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), came as the two […]
WTO issues panel report regarding US state measures for renewable energy sector
On 27 June the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by India in “United States — Certain Measures Relating to the Renewable Energy Sector” (DS510). Summary of the dispute to date The summary below was up-to-date at 27 June 2019 Consultations Complaint by India On 9 September 2016, India requested consultations with the United States […]
WTO rules for India in dispute with US on solar-panel incentives
The ruling could further inflame US-Indian tensions at a time when the two trade partners are engaged in an escalating tit-for-tat tariff battle A series of U.S. renewable energy incentives violated international trade rules, according to the World Trade Organization, threatening to stoke tensions between the two countries as President Donald Trump prepares to meet […]