India has been following the lesser duty rule in its anti-dumping investigations, which means that duty is imposed to the extent of dumping margin or injury margin, whichever is lower. While the lesser duty rule had been introduced to ensure that the interests of the users and protected and exorbitant duties are not imposed on […]

The World Trade Organisation’s crown jewel, the dispute settlement system, is under threat as the Appellate Body has been rendered inoperative due to lack of any new appointments since 2017. All disputes settled by the WTO Panel are appealable before the Appellate Body. While the minimum number of required Members on a Bench are three, […]

In trade defence laws, Anti- Dumping was the first to be adopted by WTO members in their national laws. The history of anti-dumping law is quite old, and dates back to nineteenth century. Canada ratified the first national Anti- Dumping Law in 1904, before United States in 1916. While GATT was being contemplated, during the […]

Govt. of India launched the Make in India initiative in 2014 with the primary objective of making India a global manufacturing hub, by encouraging manufacturing on Indian soil. The initiative aims to raise the contribution of the manufacturing sector to 25% of the GDP by the year 2025 from its then current 16%. Make in […]