India has proposed higher tariffs on US goods equivalent to $87.82 million at the WTO in response to the “safeguard measures” on Indian copper exports applied by the US. But Washington has dismissed the suggestion on the ground that the 50 per cent duties applied by it on copper imports were not safeguard measures but were for national security.

“The safeguard measures would affect $182.54 million imports into the US of the relevant products originating in India, on which the duty collection would be $87.82 million. Accordingly, India’s proposed suspension of concessions would result in an equivalent amount of duty collected from products originating in the US,” India noted in its communication to the Committee on Safeguards at the WTO on October 30.

US’ response

In response, the US sta

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