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New Delhi: India's new system of authorisation for import of personal computers, laptops and other IT hardware products is likely to come up for discussion at the upcoming India-US Trade Policy Forum (TPF), officials said...
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and the US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai co-chair the TPF...
Though India has allayed US concerns that it has no plans to expand the use of import management system for the IT hardware products such as personal computers and laptops beyond the listed products multilaterally, officials said the issue could be discussed bilaterally at the forum..
In October, India launched a new system of authorisation for import of these electronic goods to monitor their shipments, after the government's sudden decision to put in place a licensing scheme was opposed by industry...
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