INDIA V USA
June 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA WORLD Trade Organisation disputes settlement panel has dismissed claims made by India that American textile rules of origin regulations are illegal under international law. New Delhi had claimed that changes to the USA's 1996 Uruguay Round Agreements Act broke commitments within the WTO Rules of Origin Agreement that member countries do not discriminate in favour of one trading partner. In the case, India alleged that American rules of origin rules unfairly benefited European Union exporters by allowing textile products commonly made in the EU ...
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