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United States Turns Down First Request For WTO Dispute Panels Lodged By India, Switzerland
India’s complaint centered on the assertion that the WTO’s legitimacy is at risk if a member state’s unilateral actions on such trade matters are allowed to stand unchallenged.
The requests lodged by the governments of India and Switzerland against the Trump administration’s blanket import tariffs on aluminium and steel at the World Trade Organization have been rejected by the United States government, an action that both governments have promised to appeal.
“The two argued that the US actions were, in effect and content, safeguard measures and that they were both concerned the US was using national security as a justification for the tariffs,” explained an unnamed Geneva official to Indian media late last week.