India may contest Obama's move against outsourcing in WTO

[dbackjon]

India on Thursday indicated that the US move against outsourcing may be contested in the World Trade Organisation, stating New Delhi Financial crisis
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will take up the issue with Washington.

"We have to ensure what they (US) are doing is WTO compatible when we are talking about trade, movement of goods, movement of people and movement of services," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said here.

"Yes, of course," he said when asked if India will take up the issue of outsourcing with the US administration.

In his first address to the joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, Obama stated his administration would end tax breaks for corporations that ship the US jobs overseas.

Nath said, "One has to see how the US companies using India as a base for technological development respond to their own government." Outsourcing of technology development by large companies cannot be switched on and off, he added.

About 1,000 American firms, which have moved their jobs abroad, are expected to be affected by the proposed Obama move against outsourcing.
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[Col Hogan]

I'm all for a free and open market...let the market compete, and the winner gets the prize...

But...the rules gotta be even-steven...

Removing tax breaks simply levels the playing field, IMHO...

That way, the competition is between costs that each side can control...not one side getting a competitive edge by having a tax break the other side does not have access to...

If, after losing their tax breaks, the out-sourced jobs are still cheaper in India...OK...

But if bringing the jobs back to the U.S. now becomes cheaper...then American workers are the winners...

Fair Enough?????

[dbackjon]

Sounds fair to me.

A lot of "free trade" really isn't free trade. It needs to be FAIR free trade.

[Gil Dobie]

Target got around the outsourcing thing by creating an IT company in India.

I'm sure they are not the only one.

[ASUMountaineer]

Sounds fair to me.

A lot of "free trade" really isn't free trade. It needs to be FAIR free trade.

Agreed.