U.S., Others Slam 'Unpredictable' Indian Tariff Regime At WTO Grilling

The United States joined several other countries earlier this month in criticizing India for what they described as a unpredictable tariff regime and for increasing agricultural subsidies they allege distort the global marketplace. At a grilling of New Delhi's trade policies at the World Trade Organization held June 2 and 4, a U.S. trade official said that India often applies tariffs at levels below its bound rate and complained that New Delhi has used this flexibility to raise applied tariffs...