India — Export Related Measures

 

Short title:	India — Export Related Measures
Complainant:	United States
Respondent:	India
Third Parties (original proceedings):	Brazil; Canada; China; Egypt; European Union; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Republic of; Russian Federation; Sri Lanka; Chinese Taipei; Thailand
Agreements cited: (as cited in request for consultations)	Art. 3.1(a), 3.2  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)
Agreements cited: (as cited in panel request)	Art. 3.1(a), 3.2  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)
Consultations requested:	14 March 2018
Panel requested:	17 May 2018
Panel established:	28 May 2018
Panel composed:	23 July 2018
Panel report circulated:	31 October 2019

 

Summary of the dispute to date

 

The summary below was up-to-date at 12 December 2019 

 

Consultations

 

Complaint by the United States

 

On 14 March 2018, the United States requested consultations with India concerning certain alleged export subsidy measures.

 

The United States claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with:

 

- Articles 3.1(a) and 3.2 of the SCM Agreement.

 

On 23 March 2018, Canada and the European Union requested to join the consultations.

 

Panel and Appellate Body proceedings

 

On 17 May 2018, the United States requested the establishment of a panel.

 

At its meeting on 28 May 2018, the DSB established a panel. Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei and Thailand reserved their third-party rights.

 

On 16 July 2018, the United States requested the Director-General to compose the panel. On 23 July 2018, the Director-General composed the panel.

 

On 3 December 2018, the Chair of the panel informed the DSB that the beginning of the panel's work had been delayed as a result of a lack of available resources in the Secretariat, and that the panel expected to issue its final report to the parties not before the second quarter of 2019.

 

On 31 Octobre 2019, the panel report was circulated to Members.

 

On 19 November 2019, India notified the DSB of its decision to appeal to the Appellate Body certain issues of law and legal interpretations in the panel report.