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India-US trade deal framework ready, to be signed at right time: official

‘To be signed at right time’: India-US trade deal framework ‘ready’, says officialUS framework trade deal ready, to be inked at the right time: Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal

India and the United States have finalized a balanced trade deal framework that negotiating teams are ready to sign at the appropriate moment.

Both nations reaffirmed their commitment to a commercially meaningful pact beneficial to businesses, farmers, and workers across both countries. This progress signals a major step toward strengthening economic ties between the two democracies as global trade tensions remain high.

  • The U.S. and India have held over 150 trade negotiation rounds since 2000 to address tariff barriers.
  • India is the world's second-largest economy by population, with a trade GDP exceeding $2 trillion.
  • The Section 301 provision was first used in 1974 to challenge Japanese semiconductor imports.
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