India in talks with US over exemptions on steel tariffs: Govt official

India will also seek relief from Canada over quotas and tariffs next month, Binoy Kumar said

Neha Dasgupta | Reuters  |  NEW DELHI 

is in talks with the over exemptions on tariffs, the country's secretary said on Friday.

will also seek relief from over quotas and tariffs next month, Binoy Kumar, the top most bureaucrat in India's ministry, told reporters, as Indian steel companies have been affected by Canadian tariffs.

"We need to look after the interests of the domestic steel industry and hence made a request for exemption," Kumar said.

First Published: Fri, December 28 2018. 14:16 IST