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India, US working on trade pact norms
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
|March 22, 2025
A day after US President Donald Trump reiterated his threat to impose reciprocal tariffs on India starting April 2, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday that both countries are actively working on a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) to expand trade, enhance market access, strengthen supply chains and reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: "The two governments are working to build a framework for the BTA, which aims to expand trade, enhance market access, and reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers...The government of India remains engaged with the US administration at various levels to reach a mutually beneficial multi-sector bilateral trade agreement."
He added, "In this endeavour, our minister of commerce and industry visited the US from March 3 to 7 and held discussions with the US secretary of commerce and US trade representative." Jaiswal, however, did not directly respond to queries on whether India is expecting some kind of a waiver from Trump's reciprocal tariff that comes into effect on April 2.
This story is from the March 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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