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India is engaged with the United States connected the Section 301 investigations implicit concerns related to forced labour and excess concern capacity, the authorities said connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026).
The state is besides "parallelly" engaged with the U.S. for finalisation of an interim commercialized agreement, a model for which was announced done a associated connection connected February 7.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched 2 abstracted Section 301 investigations connected March 11 and 12, 2026, covering 60 economies implicit concerns related to forced labour and excess concern capacity.
The USTR connected June 2 issued its findings successful the forced labour probe and projected further tariffs connected imports from 60 economies.
The connection includes a 10% tariff connected imports from Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan, and a 12.5% tariff connected imports from 54 different economies, including India and China. Pakistan and Indonesia are India's competitors successful the commercialized front.
The measurement remains a connection and has not yet been finalised.
"India remains engaged with the U.S. connected the substance arsenic a portion of Section 301 proceedings. India is besides parallelly engaged with the U.S. for finalisation of a model statement arsenic was announced connected 2nd February 2026 and successful accordance with the associated connection released connected 7th February 2026," the Commerce Ministry said.
It said that products covered nether conception 232 (sectoral) tariffs and definite different products are excluded from these work proposals. A peculiar mechanics has besides been projected for textile and apparel products that could let a definite measurement of imports from selected economies to participate the U.S. astatine little tariff rates.
"As per the report, the projected tariffs are not yet last and stakeholders tin taxable requests to enactment successful nationalist hearings by 22 June 2026. Written comments tin beryllium submitted until 6 July 2026," the Ministry said.
Public hearings volition beryllium held connected Sunday (July 7, 2026). The USTR volition see the comments and grounds received earlier taking a last determination connected the projected measures.
