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India – Measures Affecting the Automotive Sector*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2015

Kyle Bagwell  and
Alan O. Sykes
Kyle Bagwell
Affiliation:
Columbia University
Alan O. Sykes
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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This study addresses the disputes brought to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the European Communities and the United States concerning certain Indian measures affecting the importation of automobiles and components in the form of “completely knocked down” (CKD) and “semi-knocked down” (SKD) kits. The measures in question originated during a time when India employed extensive import licensing requirements, ostensibly for balance of payments purposes. India’s broad licensing regime was challenged in 1997 by the European Communities and the United States, resulting in a settlement with the European Communities and a ruling in favor of the United States pursuant to which India agreed to abolish its import licensing system. Some restrictions in the automotive sector remained, however,which became the subject of this proceeding.

Type
Research Article
Information
World Trade Review , Volume 4 , Special Issue S1: The WTO Case Law Of 2002 , 2005 , pp. 158 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

Footnotes

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We wish to thank Alberto Martin for valuable assistance, and to thank the other reporters and conference participants of the American Law Institute for many valuable ideas and suggestions.

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