China requests WTO consultations with India over ICT tariff, solar subsidies

Key facts

• China filed a petition with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), requesting consultations with India over New Delhi's tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT) products and solar sector subsidies.
• India's measures allegedly violate multiple WTO obligations, including the principle of national treatment, and constitute import substitution subsidies explicitly prohibited under WTO rules.
• This is the second petition filed by China at the WTO against India this year; the earlier petition in October alleged unfair subsidies for electric vehicles and batteries.