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India on Thursday appealed against a ruling by the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) against New Delhis imposition of tariffs on mobile phones and electronic components, among other ICT goods..
The case, which was brought by Japan to the global trade watchdog and a WTO panel in April, said that Indias tariffs had violated global trading rules under the Information Technology Agreement (ITA)...
In its appeal, India said it has sought a review by the Appellate Body of the errors of law and legal interpretation by the Panel in its Report and requests findings by the Appellate Body...
While the April 17 order of the dispute settlement body was for three similar disputes raised by the three members who had claimed that India was applying duties on imports of certain ICT products in excess of the zero-bound duty rate set out in Indias WTO Schedule, Indias appeal is against the order on the dispute with Japan only...
Given the ongoing lack of agreement among WTO members regarding the filling of Appellate Body vacancies, there is no Appellate Body Division available at the current time to deal with the appeals, said a Geneva-based official and Indias appeal is considered an appeal into the void..
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