International Trade Amicus

International Trade Amicus covers developments in the field of international trade remedy laws. It includes trade remedies like anti-dumping duty, safeguard duty and countervailing duty investigations and impositions, by and against, India. News pertaining to major developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO), India’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and investment-related disputes, are also covered, along with summaries of case law from different jurisdictions on topics pertaining to the subject.

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International Trade Amicus: October 2014
Refund of anti-dumping duty as a result of review investigation has been taken up for discussion by the author in the article carried in this issue of International Trade Amicus. According to the author, procedural dichotomy in the law is required to be remedied through harmonious reading of the p
Read More 23 Dec 2014
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International Trade Amicus: December 2014
The article in this month´s issue of International Trade Amicus does a comparative analysis of the procedures of conducting a hearing in an anti-dumping investigation.
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International Trade Amicus: November 2014
This issue brings to readers an article on the ongoing dispute relating to USA’s certain Country of Origin Labelling Requirements (COOL), as raised by Canada and Mexico.
Read More 01 Nov 2014
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International Trade Amicus: September 2014
Export restraints and growing concern among WTO Members relating to the same is the topic of discussion this month. Article in this issue of International Trade Amicus while discussing two recent WTO DSB reports concerning export restrictions, holds that the question of whether export restraints c
Read More 24 Oct 2014
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International Trade Amicus: August 2014
Procedural conundrum of Indian safeguard law has been taken up for discussion in the Article section of this issue. According to the author, even though mechanism has been set up by India in applying the provisions of Article XIX of GATT and Agreement on Safeguards (AOS), yet lot of procedural loo
Read More 20 Sept 2014
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International Trade Amicus: July 2014
Article in this issue of International Trade Amicus discusses at length investment protection as being enshrined more and more in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The article states that though divergence between a nation’s domestic laws and the provisions in international treaties is not something n
Read More 27 Aug 2014
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International Trade Amicus: June 2014
International Trade Amicus has completed 3 years and the June, 2014 issue is the Third Anniversary Issue of this newsletter. International standard and Indian practice relating to ‘unforeseen developments’ under safeguard law is the topic for discussion in the article. Under ‘WTO News’ this issue
Read More 23 Aug 2014
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International Trade Amicus: May 2014
A brief analysis of the recently issued final findings in the safeguard review investigation on imports of PX-13 also known as 6 PPD into India, issued by the Directorate General of Safeguards has been taken by the author in the ‘Article’ section of this issue. The author is of the view that this
Read More 30 Jul 2014
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International Trade Amicus: April 2014
Technical Barriers to Trade or TBT as non-tariff barriers form the subject matter of discussion in the article published in International Trade Amicus this month. The author is of the view that in recent years, there has been a proliferation in the usage of technical regulations, standards and con
Read More 26 Jul 2014
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International Trade Amicus: March 2014
Article in this issue of Tax Amicus discusses elaborately provisional anti-dumping measures being imposed by India. According to the article, the provisions are often misused and hence there is a need to make specific provision fixing an upper limit for imposition of provisional measures. Table on
Read More 14 May 2014
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International Trade Amicus: February 2014
Limitations under Article X of the GATT, 1994 and how they have been to an extent overcome in the recently concluded Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is the topic of discussion this month. First article this month concludes that TFA would improve movement and clearance of goods as a result of in
Read More 08 Apr 2014
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International Trade Amicus: January 2014
This first issue of International Trade Amicus in year 2014 brings you a detailed article on recently signed Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). According to the article though the agreement would apparently lend credibility to the World Trade Organisation and would reduce the cost of imports and
Read More 22 Mar 2014