The Hindu Editorial Analysis : 19th April 2023

19/04/2023

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The Hindu Editorial Analysis

The Importance of Reading The Hindu Editorial: Reading The Hindu newspaper has several benefits, including improving reading skills, facilitating comprehension, staying informed of current events, enhancing essay writing, and more. For individuals aiming for a career in banking, reading editorials is crucial for vocabulary building. In this article, we will examine today’s editorials, provide practice questions, and highlight important vocabulary words.

Government rejects the WTO.

The government is set to appeal against a ruling by the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement panel, rejecting suggestions of using the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement to resolve the case with the European Union, Japan and Taiwan over import duty of 7.5% to 20% on a host of information & communication technology (ICT) products, including mobile phones.
The government’s decision will mean that the local industry will not face any adverse impact as the appellate body’s non-functional due to the US blocking fresh appointments for years, starting with the Obama administration, a stand that has continued during the Trump and Biden regimes.
On Monday, the dispute panel had ruled that the government’s decision to impose levies on mobile phones and components, base stations, integrated circuits and optical instruments violated the international trading norms and asked India to bring the rules in conformity with the provisions.
Although the action was targeted against Chinese made products, European, Japanese and Taiwanese companies were hit by the import duty which was challenged by the EU in 2019, with others joining in.
The amount of EU exports of such technology affected by India’s violations is up to 600 million euros annually.
The levies kicked in starting 2014, as the government sought to create a base for domestic manufacturing.
The suggestion to use the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement is learnt to have come from the EU but is not acceptable to the government.

Practice Questions:

What was the reason behind the rejection of the WTO by the government of India?
Why was the action targeted against Chinese made products?

Important Vocabs:

Arbitration- procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties,
Interim- temporary,intended for a short period only
Adverse- making something difficult for somebody
Levies- to officially demand and collect money
Regime- method or system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way