Does not increased resort to AD affect and erode the export competitiveness of India?
Except in the last two or there years when the QR regime was lifted, India was never a big user of this trade defense measure. India’s dynamism on the export front especially in regard to manufacturing export has neither been diluted not blunted due to AD measures when they were instituted by India or against India. What is required is alertness on the part of the domestic industry as well as export firms from abroad that the rules of the games on either are adhered to scrupulously. Again the fact that imports are registering an increase in recent months further testifies to the ground reality that AD measures of India are not directed against any one country or one particular product. It is a process, when set in motion, comes to play its own role under the rules without affecting imports/exports. DGAD recently released its third annual report, a comprehensive compendium on the state of play in AD realm. Howe does it help all stakeholders to surmount challenges? The report is basicall
