India is currently defending nine trade disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO), with countries including Japan, China, the European Union (EU), Brazil and Australia challenging a range of its trade measures. The government has so far spent about Rs 2.43 crore on empanelled law firms to fight these cases, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, minister of state for commerce and industry Jitin Prasada said that the department of commerce is being represented and assisted by the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), the Centre for WTO Studies (CWS) and empanelled law…