The growing usage of the trade remedial measures has become a major bone of contention among nations. The Member countries, characterized by declining tariff barriers, often tend to protect their domestic interests against unfair trade practices (e.g., dumping) through the "contingency" measures, as permitted under World Trade Organization (hereinafter "WTO"). The Article analyses India's growing
... [Show full abstract] association with contingency measures and its implications for the global trade governance, as the country has emerged as a major user of the contingency measures, namely Anti-Dumping Agreement (ADA) and Safeguard (hereinafter "SFG") instruments. Meanwhile, Indian exports have also faced several Anti-Dumping (hereinafter "AD") and Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (hereinafter "ASCM") in partner countries. India's growing participation in the contingency universe is imperative, given the country's recent inclination to join regional trade agreements (hereinafter "RTAs"). The Article shows that India's tryst with the contingency instruments involves both RTA partners and other WTO Member countries. While the concerns over growing imports have guided the activism on AD and SFG front, the urge to boost competitiveness through export schemes brought
