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India rejects WTO Panel's findings on its sugar policies
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SME Times News Bureau | 14 Dec, 2021
Terming them "completely unacceptable", India on Tuesday said, there
would be no impact of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Panel's findings on
any of the country's existing and ongoing policy measures in the sugar
sector.
"India has initiated all measures necessary to protect
its interest and (decided to) file an appeal at the WTO against the
report, to protect the interests of its farmers," a statement from the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry said.
At the WTO in 2019,
Australia, Brazil, and Guatemala had challenged some of India's policy
measures in the sugar sector. "They had wrongly claimed that domestic
support provided by India to sugarcane producers is in excess of the
limit allowed by the WTO and that India provides prohibited export
subsidies to sugar mills," the release said.
"The Panel issued
its report on December 14, in which it has made certain erroneous
findings about our schemes to support sugarcane producers and exports,"
it said.
Stating that the findings of the Panel are "completely
unacceptable to India", the statement said: "The Panel's findings are
unreasoned and not supported by the WTO rules. The Panel has also evaded
key issues which it was obliged to determine. Similarly, the Panel's
findings on alleged export subsidies undermines logic and rationale."
India believes that its measures are consistent with its obligations under the WTO agreements, the statement added.
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