India

India has taken the first step toward dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization by requesting consultations with the U.S. over eight state-level renewable energy programs that allegedly have domestic content requirements and contain subsidies in violation of WTO rules.

The most recent meeting of the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body saw the United States and India again engage in a back-and-forth over whether Washington's move to retaliate against India for measures restricting U.S. poultry exports due to avian flu fears is appropriate considering India's claim of compliance in the dispute, the lack of a compliance panel to examine India's new measures and the absence of a sequencing agreement between the two countries.

Russia on Sept. 2 avoided an injury determination in an antidumping and subsidization case involving cold-rolled steel, but the U.S. International Trade Commission found similar products from Brazil, India, South Korea and the United Kingdom did injure or threaten to injure the U.S. steel industry.

She will also co-chair the second U.S.-India CEO Forum with Jeff Zients, director of the National Economic Council.

A series of proposals forwarded last month by Canada to share and spread best practices in dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization gained some support leading up to a July 21 Dispute Settlement Body meeting, but lacked signatures from major dispute settlement players such as the United States and China.

The much-watched case involves products from Brazil, India, Korea, Russia and the United Kingdom.