June 21, 2018 / 4:11 AM / Updated 5 minutes ago

India raises import duties on agri, steel products to protest U.S. tariff hike

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has increased import duties on some agricultural and steel products that are imported from the U.S. in retaliation against Washington’s new global tariffs on steel and aluminium, according to a government note seen on Thursday.

A worker cuts iron rods outside a workshop at an iron and steel market in an industrial area in New Delhi, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Files

Last month, India had given a list of products to the WTO that it said could incur higher tariffs.

For the full circular on the tariffs: bit.ly/2thHxV2

Reporting by Neha Dasgupta and Nidhi Verma; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani