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India may lose trade dispute on export subsidies with US at WTO: Rita Teaotia

20 Jul 2018 Evaluate

Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia has said that there is a real possibility that India may lose the battle with the US on trade disputes relating to export subsidy at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as the country’s income levels had crossed the threshold for exports to be subsidised. However, she said that India has been responding very strongly to the US allegations. She also assured that while direct subsidy to exports cannot be given, the government can legitimately support regulatory compliances required in other countries.

Teaotia has stated that benefits to services exports will remain untouched, and GST refunds to exporters will continue as well. She also said that support for input subsidy is also legitimate. However, she noted that incentive only for exports is not eligible and there must be a cost incurred and then compensation. Besides, she indicated that the government has already set up an expert group to look at WTO-compliant support to exports, and a draft set of schemes will be announced for discussion. She added that the existing export subsidy schemes were continuing, as the dispute was yet to be resolved.

In March 2018, the U.S. dragged India into the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism over export subsidies, saying that these incentives were harming American companies. The US challenged India's export subsidy programmes such as Merchandise Exports from India Scheme in the WTO, asserting that these initiatives harm its companies by creating an uneven playing field. US said that thousands of Indian companies are receiving benefits totalling over $7 billion annually under various export promotion programmes.

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