India has appealed against a ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) trade dispute settlement panel which stated that the country’s import duties on certain information and technology products are inconsistent with the global trade norms.
It said India has sought a review by the Appellate Body of the errors of law and legal interpretation by the panel in its report.
The dispute panel of WTO on April 17 said in its report that import duties imposed by India on certain information and technology products violate global trading norms.
The appeal was filed by India in the WTO’s appellate body, which is the final authority on such trade disputes.
The EU on April 2, 2019 had challenged the introduction of import duties by India on a wide range of ICT products, for instance, mobile phones and components, base stations, integrated circuits and optical instruments.