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US to WTO: Auto duty levied on national security grounds

US to WTO: Auto duty levied on national security grounds

Time of India4 days ago
The US has rejected India's claim that American tariffs on auto and auto parts qualify as
safeguard measures
under the WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules, and asserted that the duties are imposed on national security grounds.
It has added that, on these grounds, India has no basis to propose retaliatory tariffs against these duties. India has said it is reserving the right to impose retaliatory duties on US tariffs (25 per cent) on automobiles and auto parts, stating that the levies are safeguard measures that are harming its domestic industry.
In a reply to this, the US has informed the WTO that US President Donald Trump imposed these tariffs to adjust imports of these articles as they threaten to impair the national security of America. "These actions are... not safeguard measures. Accordingly, there is no basis for India's proposal to suspend concessions or other obligations under... the Agreement on Safeguards with respect to these measures," a WTO communication, dated July 17, said.
It was circulated at the request of the delegation of the US. The US also said that India has not complied with the obligations under the WTO's Agreement on Safeguards. "The United States will not discuss the
Section 232 tariffs
under the Agreement as we do not view the tariffs as a safeguard measure," it added.
A similar communication was also circulated to reject India's claim that American tariffs on steel and aluminium are safeguard measures under the
WTO rules
.
The proposed suspension of concessions, which India has notified, could take the form of increased tariffs on selected US products. While India has not disclosed those items yet, in a similar move in 2019, it had imposed retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products, ranging from almonds and apples to chemicals.
Earlier this month, India proposed imposing retaliatory duties against the US over American tariffs on imports of the country's auto parts in the name of safeguard measures. The proposed suspension of concessions or other obligations would take the form of an increase in tariffs on selected products originating in the US. On July 10, India revised its proposal to impose retaliatory duties against the US over American tariffs on steel and aluminium in view of the further hike in duty by the Trump administration. agencies.
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