US protectionist policies
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ndia's information technology industry has said that it does not expect anyimmediate impact from protectionist steps being considered in the U.S. againstoutsourcing information technology services.
"If you look at what'sbeen happening in the U.S...there has been a trend, the role of the governmentand regulatory controls that have come on business have been higher," The WallStreet Journal quoted Som Mittal, National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies chairman, as saying.
"However, right now, it (the policymaking) is restricted to the public sector and it doesn't affect them (U.S.companies who outsource their technology services offshore) very much," headded.
The last couple of months have seen some measures in the USthat have caused concern in the Indian IT industry.
These include acontroversial bill that proposed to strengthen security along its border withMexico by increasing H-1B and L1 visa fees and state of Ohio recently banningoutsourcing by government departments to offshore locations.
The ITcompanies, which receive more than half of their revenue from the US, are alsofacing challenges of a double-dip recession in the US.