India requests WTO talks with U.S. over steel, aluminum 'safeguard' measures

India, like the European Union, is treating the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs as safeguard measures at the World Trade Organization and seeking consultations with Washington accordingly, despite the U.S. insistence that the duties are critical for national security. President Trump in February revived and increased 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; the duties were first imposed during the first Trump administration. In a communication made public on Friday...