The GCC Bureau of Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in International Trade held a meeting on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, at the GCC headquarters in Riyadh. The Indian delegation was led by, Dr. Rajiv Arora, Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the Republic of India and Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the GCC delegation was led by, Mr. Rehan Mubarak, the Director General of the GCC Bureau of Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in International Trade.
The meeting discussed some issues related to the anti-dumping investigation against the GCC States imports of ceramic products at the request of India.
The Indian side also raised some queries and comments concerning the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry's take on the open to the anti-dumping investigation of ceramic products by the GCC Bureau of Technical Secretariat. The Director General of the GCC Bureau of the Technical Secretariat and the investigation team responded to the comments and clarified the technical aspects.