US EditionIndia keen to close bilateral trade agreement with US despite tariffs: Jaishankar
- S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, addressed India's approach to U.S. tariffs on April 9, 2025.
- President Trump's tariffs, impacting India and about five other countries, caused trade disruptions.
- India and the U.S. Aimed to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement by fall, following talks in February.
- Jaishankar stated, "We decided that we will engage the Trump administration early on this set of issues."
- India is among the first countries to begin trade deal talks with the U.S., targeting $500 billion in trade by 2030.
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Impact of Trump's tariffs not yet known; India engaged with US to seal trade pact: EAM
New Delhi: The impact of US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is not yet known and New Delhi’s strategy to deal with the situation emerging from it is to seal a bilateral trade pact with Washington by fall of this year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. The external affairs minister’s comments came hours after Trump’s 26 per cent customised reciprocal tariff on Indian imports kicked in. In first detailed respons…
India hopes to gain a competitive advantage from US tariffs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have appeared as a friend of Donald Trump and multiplied the concessions, but India is not spared. As of Wednesday, April 9, his exports to the United States will be subject to tariffs of 26%. This is less than China or Vietnam, says the Indian government, which wants to see the fruits of its negotiations there.
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