New Delhi, July 15 -- UK's safeguard measures on steel imports are designed to shield its domestic industry from unfairly priced overseas shipments and are not targeted at India, Harjinder Kang, the UK's Trade Commissioner for South Asia and former chief negotiator for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said, seeking to allay concerns among Indian steel exporters over the newly implemented trade pact.

Speaking to ANI, Kang said the UK's steel safeguards were introduced to protect domestic manufacturers from overseas dumping, a challenge faced by several countries, and should not be viewed as a measure directed against Indian steel producers.

Addressing concerns over import restrictions and how steel quotas under the agreement will...