India has agreed to reduce tariffs on turkey and duck imports from the US

After a protracted 17-year dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO), India has agreed to reduce tariffs on frozen turkey and duck imports from the US from 30 per cent to just 5 per cent. The agreement, announced during the G20 summit, also includes tariff reductions on a range of other products, including chickpeas, lentils, almonds, walnuts, apples as well as fresh, frozen, processed and dried blueberries and cranberries, boric acid and diagnostic reagents. The Indian poultry industry is concerned that the agreement will allow the US to dump cheap meat in the country, which would adversely impact the domestic market. While the agreement currently does not include chicken, the industry fears that it might be brought within the ambit in later negotiations between the two countries. A source close to the negotiations tells Down To Earth (DTE) that the US officials wanted chicken on the list of products with reduced import tariffs, but dropped it due to a lack of consensus ...