In a breather for manufacturers of mobile phones and components in India, the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body (DSB) has accepted a request from India and Taiwan to further defer the adoption of the ruling against New Delhi's import duties on certain information and technology products till October 24.
The two sides sought the postponement last week, officials said. This is the seventh time the adoption of the ruling is deferred. "The DSB had agreed to six previous requests from the two sides to delay consideration of the reports," said an official.
The dispute was filed in 2019 when Japan, the EU and Taiwan had challenged the import duty of 7.5%-later increased to 15%-levied by India in 2017. The duty was later raised to 20% to boost local manufacturing.
Source Name : Economic Times