Canada has joined the United States in a challenge of India’s support prices for peas and lentils and a number of other crops.
They are set to challenge India’s market price supports for certain pulses including chickpeas and lentils.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that “together with Canada” they’ve submitted a “counter notification” on the matter to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture.
The notice names price supports for chickpeas, lentils, pigeon peas, black matpe and mung beans, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said in a news release.
Canada and the U.S. say India has set support prices much higher than it reported to the World Trade Organization.
Last year Canada took issue with India’s requirements for fumigation with pesticides banned by Canadian officials.
Canada eventually persuaded India to relent and allow imports to resume.
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