International Trade

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Provided by Clarus Law Associates

The International Trade and Investment practice group advises both Government & Private sector clients on the following areas:

• Structuring incentives and subsidies which are compatible with India’s trade and investment treaty obligations, in order to minimise the possibility of trade/investment disputes;
• Assessment of laws and policies in trading partners to assess compatibility with trade and investment treaty obligations, and legal strategy to address the same;
• Advice on trade in services, especially laws, regulations and taxes affecting cross-border trade in services;
• Representation at disputes at the WTO and other international forums on trade and investment related issues;
• Legal representation services for both investors and the government in Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement under Bilateral investment Treaties.

Illustrative list of advisory and dispute representation in the past year include:

• Advice on WTO-compatible subsidies in the sugar sector;
• Advice relating to the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions;
• WTO compatibility assessment of U.S. measures denying India developing country beneficiary status in GSP and trade remedy investigations;
• Legal Advice in a Bilateral Investment Treaty dispute in the telecommunications sector; and
• Advice on subsidies in the shipping sector in India, in order to ensure competitiveness of Indian shipping vessels.