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India Demands WTO-Compliant Action on Dumping, Warns Against Protectionism
- •Piyush Goyal called for WTO-compliant measures to address global trade distortions, including anti-dumping and countervailing duties, based on evidence and judicial review.
- •Goyal emphasized that industrial capacity isn't the problem, but distortions arise from hidden subsidies and state support driving geographical concentration of production.
- •He stated that supply chain diversification should not be a pretext for non-WTO measures or shifting burdens onto developing countries needing policy space to industrialize.
- •India reaffirmed its commitment to a rules-based, fair, and multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core, stressing the importance of preserving policy space for developing nations.
- •Goyal held bilateral meetings with trade ministers from Australia, Saudi Arabia, France, South Korea, and Canada on the sidelines of the G20 meeting.
Key Questions Answered
At the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called for a WTO-compliant approach to address trade distortions and dumping, using evidence-based anti-dumping and countervailing duties.
India emphasized that while supply-chain diversification is legitimate, it should not bypass WTO rules or shift adjustment burdens onto developing nations. Furthermore, industrial capacity itself is not problematic, though distortions can occur when production concentration is driven by hidden state subsidies.
India stressed the preservation of the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, consensus-based decision-making, and special and differential treatment to help developing economies catch up. Additionally, India called for restoring the WTO's two-tier dispute settlement system.
