US files WTO challenge against India

Published March 14, 2018 7:53pm ET



The U.S. is challenging India’s export subsidy programs at the World Trade Organization because they allow the country’s exporters to unfairly undercut U.S. companies, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced Wednesday.

“These export subsidy programs harm American workers by creating an uneven playing field on which they must compete. USTR will continue to hold our trading partners accountable by vigorously enforcing U.S. rights under our trade agreements and by promoting fair and reciprocal trade through all available tools, including the WTO,” Lighthizer said.

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