Authors: Nihit Gupta, Joint Partner Production Linked Incentive (also known as PLI) is a government initiative launched in March of 2020, to encourage investment from foreign and domestic companies and to create more employment. The idea behind the scheme is relatively simple: To boost India’s manufacturing capabilities To decrease reliance on imports To enhance export-oriented […]

Author: Nishtha Gupta, Business Analyst Just as the world was recovering from the effects of the pandemic and the world-wide lockdowns that completely disrupted the global economy and supply chain, Russian military’s aggression towards Ukraine has again upset the global economy. On 24th February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation in eastern […]

Author: Kalpesh Gupta, Senior Consultant The modern era of international trade is one of the increasingly complex interactions between countries. Supply chains have crossed countries and regions. Naturally, the buying decisions of consumers depend on their final cost of procurement, when sourcing from the domestic suppliers, and when importing into India. One of the elements […]

Author: Ojasvi Nautiyal, Legal Associate The Ministry of Finance on 8th December 2021 issued an Office Memorandum stating its decision not to impose anti-dumping duty recommended by the DGTR on imports of Caprolactam from European Union, Korea RP, Russia and Thailand. The DGTR had issued its final findings on 27th September 2021 pursuant to a […]

Author: Ojasvi Nautiyal, Legal Associate The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on 20th September 2021 published amendments to the present anti-dumping and anti-subsidy regulations under Part 351 of Title 19, Tariff Act of 1930. These amendments to the present law are intended to strengthen the administration and enforcement of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy regulations and to […]

Author: Kalpesh Gupta, Senior Consultant The issue of trans-national subsidies and treatment thereof in anti-subsidy investigations has been a topic of debate for a very long time. With no place in the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“ASCM”), the investigating authorities have been left quite perplexed regarding the manner in which such subsidies may […]