The Indian government is reportedly preparing a challenge to the World Trade Organisation order that requires it to lift restrictions on poultry imports from the US.

According to a report in The Economic Times, an official source said it was important to protect the livelihoods of small farmers in the country in a “WTO-compliant way”. The unnamed source told the paper the Indian government plans to lodge an appeal and noted the process could take as long as two years.

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India imposed import restrictions on US poultry in 2007 over concerns of the spread of bird flu. In October, the WTO ruled the curbs were not justified.

A spokesperson for India’s Ministry of Commerce declined to comment.

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