Experts say that the measure indicates a tougher Indian position, special in sensitive political sectors such as steel and aluminum that are aligned with its industrial strategy “Make in India” | Photo credit: Amit Dave
By increasing its clash with the USA. In the WTO on the imposition of import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and aluminum, India warned that it can take retaliation measures that affect US goods worth $ 7.6 billion in 30 days.
Nueva Delhi has the hope that the problem can be resolved between India and the USA. Through Qual consultations or part of the Bilateral Commercial Agreement (BTA) of India-United States (BTA), but it would work on a Mattter list.
Inconsistent views
In a notification to the WTO Assets Commerce Council on Monday, India said that US measures were effective duties, despite the opposite claims made by Washington, and needed to be counteracted, since these were an inconsistent agreement.
“The safeguard measures would affect the imports of $ 7.6 billion to the US.
Canada has also complained against the US steel and aluminum rates.
Trump rates
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, imposed radical rates or 25 percent in the imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, 2025, modifying the steel and aluminum rates that have imposed Originxy in 2018 (duration of its first period as president). It finished all specific, specific exemptions of the product and other exemptions that most commercial partners had secured and increased duties over 10 percent aluminum before 25 percent.
In 2018, also, India had dragged the US to the WTO and imposed retaliation tariffs at 28 articles exported by the United States the following year when consultations did not obtain results. In 2023, New Delhi retreated retaliation tariffs on key items, such as apples, almonds, nuts and lentils, when the Biden regime partly raised the tax restrictions on India through the quotas.
“India has not yet decided the items in which the retaliation tasks will impose this time, but has reserved its rights to the retaliation action. The government expects the matter to be resolved with the consultations of the United States. There are also negotiations,” said the source.
The measure indicates a harder Indian position, special in sensitive political sectors such as steel and aluminum that are aligned with its industrial strategy “Make in India”, said Ajay Srivastava of the Global Commerce and Research Initiative.
“The latest WTO action of India comes in a delicate time. New Delhi and Washington are exploring a wider FTA and this reprisal could throw a shadow on negotiations. Even so, the approach of rules calibrated and calibrated from India contrasts with the unilateralism of the commercial actions of the United States and positions India as a firm defender of commercial rules Multilateral, “Srivastava said.
Posted on May 13, 2025
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