Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (LexBlog India)

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (UST) has issued determinations in the investigations of digital services taxes (DSTs) adopted or considered by India, Italy, and Turkey, finding that “each of the DSTs discriminates against U.S. companies, is inconsistent with prevailing principles of international taxation, and burden {sic} or restricts U.S. commerce.”  Notably, USTR is...

The draft National E-Commerce Policy (“Draft Policy”) released by the Government of India on February 23, 2019 for stakeholder comments, has left the e-commerce sector in jitters. For global market players, the protectionist construct of the Draft Policy seems to suggest a shift of India’s focus from ‘Ease of Doing Business in India’ to ‘Make...

A set of changes to the U.S. dual use export control rules makes exporting sensitive goods, software, and technology to India less burdensome. Over the last several years, India has joined three of the four major multilateral export control regimes – the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Wassenaar Arrangement, and the Australia Group.  In...

On October 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its preliminary determination that two Indian bar producers, Viraj Profiles Ltd. (“Viraj”) and the Venus Group (Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. and its affiliates Hindustan Inox Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieve Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.), have resumed dumping stainless steel bar into the U.S. market...

Earlier this month, India requested consultations with the United States at the WTO on the United States’ compliance with a WTO Appellate Body (AB) ruling from 2014.  That AB ruling held, in part, that the U.S. ITC had inappropriately “cross-cumulated” both dumped and subsidized subject imports in determining whether hot-rolled steel from several countries caused...

The Indiana attorney general proposed legislation last Monday to impose strict requirements for the storage of sensitive data, reduce harm to consumers in the case of a data breach, and increase transparency of online privacy policies. The proposed legislation also includes an amendment to Indiana’s Disclosure of Security Breach Act. According to the Indiana Attorney...