Kolkata, Nov. 11 -- EEPC India, the apex engineering exports promotion body, has requested the government to include various steel and aluminium products manufactured especially by MSMEs in the ongoing negotiations with the US for a bilateral trade agreement (BTA).
The EEPC India has also suggested maintaining the status quo in terms of both quota and the out-of-quota tariffs while negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European union (EU).
Taking up the exporting community's concerns with the negotiating team for the FTAs, EEPC India chairman Pankaj Chadha today that the implementation of the 50 percent tariff under Section 232 has significantly impacted engineering exports to the US market, necessitating the inclusion of spec...