# 印度承諾將蘇格蘭威士忌關稅從150%降至75%。

*business · news · 2026-06-01 · Business Standard*

## Key points

- 印度可能對英國產品如蘇格蘭威士忌施加再平衡關稅，以回應英國的鋼鐵措施。
- 由於英國減少鋼鐵進口配額及碳邊境調整機制（CBAM），印度-英國貿易協定的實施被延遲。
- 英國自一月起生效的碳邊境調整機制，仍是印度談判中的難點。
- 美國已啟動第301條調查印度，聚焦產能過剩及強迫勞動指控。
- 美國最高法院IEEPA判決後的法律變更，正被納入印美貿易協定中。

“We will have to rebalance; we can rebalance on Scotch,” the official said. “There are many products under consideration for rebalancing, including Scotch,” the official added. Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, signed between the two sides in July, India has committed to cut tariffs on Scotch whisky from 150 per cent to 75 per cent immediately, and to 40 per cent over the next 10 years. The UK has offered duty concessions on 99 per cent of tariff lines, including zero tariffs on steel, under its trade deal with India. However, in March, the UK government announced it would lower tariff-free steel import quotas by 60 per cent to safeguard the domestic industry from dumping. Starting in July, steel shipments above the quota limit will attract a 50 per cent duty in the UK. The measures on steel imports, seen as a non-tariff barrier by India, have delayed the implementation of the India-UK trade agreement, which was expected to come into force last month. Another hurdle to the implementation of the trade deal is the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which will come into effect in January for products such as steel and aluminium. “While CBAM discussions are not as urgent at the moment, we want clarity on the matter before going ahead with the trade deal,” the official said. India plans to discuss the steel measures with the UK trade minister this week. The minister is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday, the commerce ministry official said. A delegation of officials from Washington, led by Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, who is also the chief negotiator for the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement, will also visit New Delhi this week to advance trade deal negotiations. Both sides will hold discussions on the White House’s investigations against India under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974, the official said. “The 10 per cent levy will lapse anyway; everything has to be decided under Section 301,” the official said. After the Supreme Court of the United States scrapped reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Washington imposed a temporary blanket tariff of 10 per cent on all trading partners until July 24. Simultaneously, the White House has initiated investigations into India and several other economies, alleging overcapacity and forced labour under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974. Section 301, which allows Washington to probe and act against trade practices that may harm US commerce, is widely seen as a replacement for the IEEPA tariffs. “The idea is that India should get preferential access in the US under the trade agreement,” the official said. The three-day negotiations between India and the US this week mark the second in-person meeting between the two sides after they issued a joint statement in February agreeing on a framework for an interim agreement on reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. The two sides had finalised most of the terms under the interim deal in February, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. “Now we only have to see how we can incorporate the legal changes in the US following the Supreme Court verdict within the trade deal,” Goyal said.

**Countries:** India, United Kingdom, United States

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