India, June 3 -- India-US Trade Talks Face Fresh Heat As USTR Proposes 10-12.5% Tariffs Under Section 301: While India and the US keep negotiating trade in New Delhi, the US Trade Representative (USTR) has been pitching new tariff increases, somewhere around 10% to 12.5%, on goods coming in from India plus a handful of other economies. This idea is tied to what the USTR calls Section 301 findings, and the justification seems to circle back to worries about alleged weak enforcement, especially around bans for goods made with forced labour. In the USTR's view, several countries have not put in place measures that are strong enough to stop those imports, so they're looking at corrective trade steps. The timing feels a bit sharp, because this...