India and European Union likely to resolve ICT dispute by December

In June, they urged the WTO's dispute settlement body to mutually defer an appeal, which was pushed by 180 days - in two tranches of 90 days, each

India and the European Union (EU) have actively engaged in discussions and may settle their dispute next month at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over New Delhi’s import duties on certain information and technology products, a person privy to the matter has said.

A WTO panel in April said that India had violated global trading norms in a dispute with the EU, Japan and Taiwan over import duties on IT products such as mobile phones, components, telephone handsets. It also asked New Delhi to eliminate tariffs on technology products.

It also asked New Delhi to eliminate tariffs on technology products.