While the Government of India is still grappling with this new legislation — a bolt from the blue when New Delhi is engaging with the 27-nation bloc to craft a favourable free trade agreement (FTA) — Indian exporters will have to bear the brunt of it, especially those shipping commodities such as coffee, leather hide, skin and preparations, oil cake and wooden furniture.
Brussels has insisted that such items should be treated at par with new ones and be eligible for tariff concessions, while New Delhi has concerns it will lead to dumping of e-waste and impact India s domestic manufacturing.
Brussels has insisted that such items should be treated at par with new ones and be eligible for tariff concessions, while New Delhi has concerns it will lead to dumping of e-waste and impact India s domestic manufacturing.