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NEW DELHI: India and the US Thursday informed the World Trade Organization (WTO) that they have reached a mutually agreed solution on the outstanding. dispute on poultry imports from Washington, thereby resolving all of their seven disputes at the global trade watchdog...
In 2015, India lost a long-pending dispute over poultry imports from the US at the WTO..
New Delhi lost the case at the WTO at both the panel level and at the appellate level and though it lifted the ban, Washington remained unconvinced about the mechanism for poultry shipments and import duties and did not withdraw the case at the WTO...
Last year, the two sides settled six disputes- countervailing measures on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, certain measures relating to solar cells and modules, measures relating to the renewable energy sector, Indias export-related measures, certain measures on steel and aluminium products, and additional duties on some products from the US...
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Bidens meeting last year, India also agreed to reduce tariffs on certain American products, including frozen turkey, frozen duck, fresh blueberries and cranberries, frozen blueberries and cranberries, dried blueberries and cranberries, and processed blueberries and cranberries..
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