The retrospective amendments proposed by the Finance Bill, 2023 to Section 9C and other related provisions of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 have tried to resolve the dispute regarding powers of the CESTAT to entertain appeals against the Ministry of Finance’s refusal to impose the trade ...

The article in this issue of International Trade Amicus elaborately analyses the recent imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty by the European Union on imports of fatty acid originating from Indonesia.

The WTO Panel has recently held that USA’s additional duties of 25% ad valorem on imports of steel products and 10% ad valorem on imports of aluminium products are inconsistent with various provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (‘GATT’), ...

In continuation of the article published last month, shedding light on the nature and extent of Western sanctions, the article in this issue of International Trade Amicus intends to discuss some of the salient aspects of the US sanctions regime as administered by the Office...

The Ukraine-Russia conflict has brought into focus the use of sanctions as an instrument to penalize. While sanctions as an instrument are well known among political and economic institutions in the West, comparatively little attention has been paid to Western sanctions by businesses in India.

Recently the Gujarat High Court in the case Real Strips v. Union of India had an occasion to decide the nature of powers exercised by the Ministry of Finance in deciding the imposition of countervailing duty.

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.