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Mandelson: EU will examine India''s complaints against trade barriersnews
08 September 2005

New Delhi: The European Union has said that it was willing to examine some "unwanted" barriers to trade after India raised the issue of non-tariff barriers to some of its exports including ayurveda products.

"We take Indian concerns regarding market access very seriously. If there are any unwanted barriers we are examining it. If we can't justify them, we will take action," said Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner. Mandelson said he was not aware of general problems of market access but if there were specific issues the European Union would look into it.

At the same time, the EU wanted India to provide greater market access to its wine and spirits and lift the ban on its poultry products. India has very high import duty on wine and spirits and the EU's trade commissioner has threatened to take up the matter with the WTO. Mandelson's observations came after prime minister Manmohan Singh hit out at the EU for making its market increasingly difficult to penetrate for Indian exports.

Singh cited non-tariff barriers on export of Indian ayurveda products to EU and wanted this European Commission directive to be looked into.




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Mandelson: EU will examine India''s complaints against trade barriers