India dairy & poultry open for US trade deal |
India, the world`s largest milk-producing nation, has traditionally restricted dairy imports to protect the livelihoods of 80 million rural households involved in the industry. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to pull all the stops for the U.S. president`s Feb. 24-25 visit, aimed at rebuilding bonds between the world`s largest democracies. In 2019, Trump suspended India`s special trade designation that dated back to 1970s, after Modi put price caps on medical devices, such as cardiac stents and knee implants, and introduced new data localization requirements and e-commerce restrictions.Trumps trip to india has raised hopes that he would restore some of the country`s U.S. trade preferences, in exchange for tariff reductions and other concessions.The United States is India`s second-largest trade partner after China, and bilateral goods and services trade climbed to a record $142.6 billion in 2018. The United States had a $23.2 billion goods trade deficit in 2019 with India, its 9th largest trading partner in goods.India has offered to allow imports of U.S. chicken legs, turkey and produce such as blueberries and cherries, Indian government sources said, and has offered to cut tariffs on chicken legs from 100% to 25%.
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