Overview
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told senators that India’s latest market-access proposals are the strongest the U.S. has received.
- A USTR delegation in New Delhi is negotiating entry for U.S. farm goods, focusing on grain sorghum and soy.
- Talks are fairly advanced on zero-tariff treatment for civil aviation parts under the 1979 Aircraft Agreement, with a reciprocal arrangement under consideration.
- President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Indian rice over alleged dumping, and the U.S. already imposes tariffs of up to 50% on some Indian goods.
- India’s rice exporters say shipments to the U.S. are largely basmati and WTO-compliant, and the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing presidential tariff authority under IEEPA.