USTR says market access to India improved after senators find fault

INDIA has opened up its market to the American farming industry in as many as 12 different categories which will provide a growing opportunity for US exporters, a top trade official told lawmakers as she defended the Biden administration's policies after some influential senators raised the issue of unfair practices by foreign countries.

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US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, responding to a series of questions from the senators during a congressional hearing on trade convened by the US Finance Committee, said that the Biden administration has secured $21 billion in market access over the last three years.

"That includes the 12 tariff categories with India, a growing market, growing opportunity for US exporters," she said on Wednesday. "We are opening markets for hard-working American families and communities, especially our rural communities," she said.