After the European Union, Taiwan could take India to the World Trade Organisation with regard to its anti-dumping measures.
Chinese Taipei has communicated to the government that it was making a formal request for consultations with India on its anti-dumping measures, official sources told PTI.
The request for consultations is the first step in WTO dispute settlement process.
The request for consultations concerns 5-6 specific cases following dissatisfaction over some of the practices followed in India.
India has emerged as one of the largest user of anti-dumping measures even though the number of measures it took this year came down to six in January-June, 2004 from 21 in the same period last year.
EU had in December 2003 made a formal request for consultation under WTO with India on its anti-dumping measures.
The first step in a WTO dispute settlement is a request for consultation from the complaining member. The defendant has 10 days to reply to the request and shall enter into consultation within a period of no more than 30 days (unless otherwise agreed by the parties).
The consultation should aim at finding a positive solution to the issue at stake.
If the discussions fail to settle the dispute within 60 days after the date of receipt of the consultation request, the complaining party may request the Dispute Settlement Body to establish a panel.
