India sees its decision of introducing certain terms and conditions on the import of IT hardware such as laptops and personal computers as a security measure, rather than a trade consideration as it looks to ward off concerns raised by countries including the US, China, South Korea and Taiwan at a recent meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
“The WTO is not a forum to discuss security issues, and our plans around checking the imports of laptops and personal computers is primarily coming from a safety and security perspective. We will explain that in the next meeting,” a senior government official said, requesting anonymity.
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