Poultry Dispute: US seeks WTO sanctions against India
The Dollar Business Bureau The USA seeks trade sanctions against India after it won a dispute at the WTO regarding India’s restrictions on imports of US poultry meat, live pigs and eggs, a WTO statement said on Friday. The US demands compensation from India for stopping the shipment till now. It has also sought a WTO meeting on July 19 to initiate the claim for compensation. In June 2015, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) had ruled that India’s restrictions on import were discriminatory and it had broken international trade laws with its restrictions based on unsubstantiated fears over bird flu. India had been given 12 months to act in accordance with the ruling. The US’ Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had pronounced it a “major ...
Poultry imports from US to trigger price war in India
Indian poultry industry is hoping that it will be able to check US imports on the basis of other allegations faced by the US industry The Dollar Business Bureau In June last year, WTO had ruled against India after the country denied imports of poultry and other products from the United States citing concerns about Avian Influenza (AI) The Indian government seems to have been making all out efforts to protect domestic poultry sector from US imports ahead of the June-2016 deadline for removing restrictions on the entry of these products. India has already lost its case in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the US which contested Indian authoritys move to ban the entry of poultry items citing concern over avian influenza ...
US poultry Imports: India likely to challenge WTO ruling
Sai Nikesh D | The Dollar Business If the sources have to be believed upon, the Government of India is in consultations with the stake -holders with an aim to protect the Indian poultry sector from the ready-to-arrive US poultry. “We are ready with our argument and will be filing an appeal in a day or two to the appellate body. We are expecting an improvement in the dispute settlement panel decision, which will help us in future,” one of the government officials was quoted to have said, according to sources. We are committed to protect the industry with huge employment potential and are looking at various measures to that effect. We have had a meeting with the poultry ...
