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The United States notified the WTO connected Monday that the automotive tariffs were implemented nether Section 232. (AI image)
The United States has informed the World Trade Organization (WTO) that India's petition for consultations regarding American tariffs connected automobiles and car components nether the commercialized watchdog's safeguard statement was unfounded.The United States notified the WTO connected Monday that the automotive tariffs were implemented nether Section 232, a nationalist information provision, and that the state continues to support these measures nether the indispensable information objection wrong planetary commercialized regulations. US said it was “maintaining these actions pursuant to the indispensable information exception.”India had asked for consultations with the United States aft the second implemented a 25% advertisement valorem tariff summation connected imports of rider vehicles, airy trucks, and circumstantial automobile parts originating from India.The automotive components measurement took effect from May 3, 2025, without immoderate specified extremity date, according to an ET report.
US rejects India seeking WTO consultations
- India had raised concerns astir the US's nonaccomplishment to notify the WTO Committee regarding safeguard measures nether the Agreement connected Safeguards (AoS) provisions.
- Global car parts imports to the US totalled $89 cardinal successful the erstwhile year, with Mexico supplying $36 billion, China $10.1 billion, and India contributing $2.2 billion.
- The United States has said that its actions were not taken nether Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, which governs safeguard measures. The US added that consultations nether the Agreement connected Safeguards were not applicable arsenic these were not safeguard measures.
- The US effect mirrors its stance connected India's projected retaliatory duties connected 29 US products, including apples, almonds, pears, anti-freezing preparations, boric acerb and circumstantial robust and alloy items. These were intended to antagonistic US tariffs connected alloy and aluminium, which India reported would interaction $7.6 cardinal of US imports.
These WTO discussions travel amidst ongoing negotiations for a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) betwixt the 2 nations. US commercialized representatives visited New Delhi from June 4-10 for discussions regarding the commercialized pact.
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