WTO rules against India in case of poultry-imports from US
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business The World Trade Organization, on Thursday, ruled against India over ‘India denying importing of various agricultural products, especially the poultry, from the United States citing concerns related to Avian Influenza (AI)’. Based on the proceedings over the issue that dates back to March 6, 2012 when the ‘US requested consultations with India with respect to (w.r.t) the prohibitions imposed by India related to AI’, the WTO appellate body concluded that ‘India's AI measures amounted to an import prohibition that was not based on the relevant international standard or a scientific risk assessment,’ as recommended by the dispute settlement panel. It also concluded that based on the panel recommendations w.r.t the international Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) ...
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 ...
