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India Bans Chinese Milk Products
Monday, 25/04/2016
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India Bans Chinese Milk Products & Mobiles, Says They’re Inferior “Completely banning imports from any country is not possible due to WTO rules even if we have problems diplomatically, territorially or militarily,” she said.
India has banned import of milk and milk products, mobile phones and some other items from China after finding them of poor quality.
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha that India had banned import of milk and milk products from China as their quality was unacceptable and poor.
Some mobile phones, which don’t have International Mobile Station Equipment Id number and some steel products have also been banned from importing from China.
“Completely banning imports from any country is not possible due to World Trade Organisation rules even if we have problems diplomatically, territorially or militarily,” she said.
“Increasing trade deficit with China is due to the fact that Chinese exports to India depend on manufactured items to meet telecom and power sectors’ demands, while India’s are indicated by intermediate products,” she said.
The ban comes after India first issued and then withdrew visa to an Uyghur leader. He had been given a tourist visa to attend a conference organised by a US-based organisation in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.
It may be noted China doesn’t recognise the Tibetan government-in-exile and has been critical of India’s stand on Dalai Lama.