The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus discusses elaborately the concept of reference-price based anti-dumping duty (‘ADD’). The author first explains the basic working of a reference-price based duty in the Indian context by way of an example.

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus discusses the chapter on government procurement in the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which is India’s first such market access agreement (i.e., with government procurement chapter) with any country.

The WTO recently concluded its 12th Ministerial Conference. Contrary to the pessimistic expectations in the runup to the MC 12, the Conference has delivered a package of decisions which are being hailed as achievements in the WTO’s negotiating history.

India recently signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates and the Economic Comprehensive Trade Agreement with Australia. The objective of the article in this issue of International Trade Amicus is to broadly provide an advisory perspective of comprehensive trade agreements for trade and industry in India.

Article 2.2 of the WTO’s Anti-dumping Agreement allows an investigating authority to reject the domestic selling prices for calculating the normal value in cases where, because of a ‘Particular Market Situation’ (‘PMS’), such domestic sales do not permit a proper comparison with the export price.

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus discusses a recent decision of the Anti-dumping Bench of the CESTAT which examined the issue as to what is the standard of evidence that is required to be considered by an investigating authority in a sunset review.

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus examines the recent Final Findings issued by the DGTR in the Mid-Term Review of countervailing duty on imports of Welded Stainless-Steel Pipes and Tubes (‘product under consideration’, ‘PUC’) from China PR and Vietnam.

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus examines the recent Final Findings issued by the DGTR in the Mid-Term Review of countervailing duty on imports of Welded Stainless-Steel Pipes and Tubes (‘product under consideration’, ‘PUC’) from China PR and Vietnam.

The article analyses the recent decision of the CESTAT which has allowed an appeal against the Finance Ministry’s decision rejecting the Designated Authority’s recommendation to impose anti-dumping duty.

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus elaborately analyses the recently introduced anti-absorption provisions under the anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws. Stating when an anti-dumping duty or countervailing duty could be considered to have been absorbed, ...