United States warns India

DELHI: Any retaliatory tariff by India in response to the United States’planned withdrawal of trade privileges will not be “appropriate” under WTOrules, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross warned on Tuesday.

The comments, made to broadcaster CNBC-TV18 during a trip to India’scapital, come as trade ties between the United States and China worsen. TheUS is India’s second-biggest trade partner after China.

India’s new e-commerce rules could hurt future investments by the US in theSouth Asian country, Ross said, even as he said he was hopeful that U.Sfirms would win defence deals from India in future.

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