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India terms US visa fee-hike plan ‘overwhelmingly protectionist'
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 10, 2010 05:47am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The US Border Security Bill that aims to increase H-1B and L-1 visa fees reflects an “overwhelmingly protectionist frame of mind” and will raise “very serious questions” as it targets a particular set of companies, India has said.
The affected companies would mainly be from the Information-Technology sector, including Tata, Infosys and Wipro.
As the Bill is yet to become law, New Delhi is waiting for further developments before initiating any action.
But legal experts here said that if the Bill is enacted, it can be challenged in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as it amounts to “de facto discrimination” against Indian companies.
The Commerce Secretary, Dr Rahul Khullar, told Business Line: “This (Bill) reflects an overwhelmingly protectionist frame of mind. For a country (the US) which keeps on saying ‘we are not protectionist' and ‘we will not erect new barriers to free trade', if ever such a legislation was to be enacted it would send quite the contrary signal.”
He said if the Bill becomes law, it will give rise to “very serious questions because this is a legislative work that is almost designed to target a particular set of companies. And that is patently unfair.” |
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