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In a formal response at the World Trade Organization, the United States has rejected India’s proposal to suspend tariff concessions on American goods, clarifying that its duties on copper imports are not "safeguard measures" under WTO rules.

In a communication to the WTO Committee on Safeguards dated Nov. 6, Washington said the tariffs were imposed under Section 232 of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a national security statute, and not under Section 201, which governs safeguard actions. "The President determined that tariffs are necessary to adjust imports of these articles tha

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