Trump tariffs – Trump tariffs: USTR highlights India’s ban on US ethanol imports as ‘unfair trade practice’

The representative of trade in the United States highlighted some commercial policies that they considered “unfair”, including the Indian ban on American ethanol imports. This comes when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister Supramaniam Gaishhakar conducted an invitation to discuss “a fair and balanced commercial relationship.”

Ustr 10 included “unfair commercial practices” by the trade partners faced by American exporters.

“India prohibits ethanol imports in the United States to use fuel. Likewise, Thailand has restricted ethanol fuel imports, which requires approval and issuance permits, and has not approved an import permit from fuel ethanol since 2005. Equalization of market access to India and Thailand to export from US fuel ethanol at least $ 414 million in one annual value.”

Meanwhile, on Monday, Rubio and Jaishhanskar discussed the American customs tariff on India after president Donald Trump announced last week about imposing a 10 percent basic tariff on all imports to the United States as well as higher duties in many countries, causing the global market concerns and confusion among allies in the United States. The United States has imposed 26 percent of customs duties on Indian imports.

The conversation aims to advance towards a fair and balanced commercial relationship, as stated by the US State Department. Earlier on Monday, Jaishankar reported on social media that he had spoken with Rubio about the early conclusion of the Bilateral Trade Convention.

They also discussed reaching an early bilateral trade agreement.

For China, USTR said that more than 100,000 Chinese -made American brands are sold every month on only one e -commerce platform, which led to losses of two million dollars in sales as well as job losses. It also highlighted Angola’s restrictions on import licenses for beef, poultry and poultry products, tariffs of 10.5 percent in seafood, organizing the supply chain free of forest removal cases (EUDR), carbon border modification mechanism (CBAM), illegal registration materials, illegal mining in South America, Perio, Peru, products and medical devices Kenya’s tariff by 50 percent on US corn imports, and banning import in Nigeria on 25 different categories of products.