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The story so far: India and the U.S. in February 2025 announced that they would work towards a comprehensive Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that was to be finalised by Fall 2025. Then, in February 2026, they signed a framework agreement for an interim trade deal that was to be implemented by April-May 2026. Neither deal…
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will visit India on June 23-24, officials in the Ministry of Commerce said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In the run up to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer’s visit to meet officials in the Commerce Ministry, including Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, on June 23-24, two separate sources in the…
India and the U.S. are moving towards closing all the open ends of the interim trade agreement, and both sides are likely to execute the “very, very vibrant” first phase of the pact by the middle of next month, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday (June 5, 2026). He said that the…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a good friend and expressed confidence that the United States and India would reach a trade agreement. “We will get to a deal because I like your prime minister a…
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U.S. Envoy to India Sergio Gor with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Credit: X/@USAmbIndia An Indian trade delegation will visit Washington later this month, the U.S. Envoy to India said on Thursday (April 9, 2026), as the two sides resume negotiations over a trade deal. “The United States and India have previously agreed to a trade…
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The U.S. views the Quad (Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue comprising India, the U.S., Japan, and Australia) as a “very important platform,” according to S. Paul Kapur, the top Trump administration diplomat for the South and Central Asian region. “… The Quad is a very important platform. It has done well,” Assistant Secretary Kapur told the U.S….
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. fILE | Photo Credit: Reuters Except U.S. President Donald Trump, nobody else has declared that India will stop buying Russian oil, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the country’s parliament on Wednesday (February 11, 2026). Mr. Lavrov’s comments came two days after Russia accused the U.S. of attempting to prevent India…
File picture of U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: AP The White House on Friday (February 6, 2026) released a Joint Statement by the U.S. and India on a framework for an interim trade agreement between the two countries that they said affirms their commitment to negotiations towards a…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC on February 3, where both leaders welcomed the India-US trade deal announced by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Source link
The joint statement on a US-India framework trade agreement will likely be published in the next 2-3 days, fleshing out more details of the deal announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday. In several cases, India also get the zero tariffs, according to government sources. The data centre itself will fetch $20 billion. ALSO READ: Budget…
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