India and the US want to expand their commerce and collaborate on vital minerals

India and the US want to expand their commerce and collaborate on vital minerals

India and the US want to expand their commerce and collaborate on vital minerals

Tai requested that India make sure that New Delhi's import restrictions on laptops do not impede commerce during his discussions in New Delhi.

In 2019, former President Donald Trump terminated a trade preference program that the United States maintained for decades, including access to India.

India and the United States have decided to expand trade relations and collaborate more closely in sectors like essential minerals, according to a statement made by US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Saturday.

On January 12, Tai and India's Trade Minister Piyush Goyal had their yearly trade policy discussion in New Delhi. Tai is on a three-day visit to India.

In an effort to ease diplomatic tensions after Washington's accusations late in the previous year that an Indian official was connected to an aborted attempt to kill a Sikh separatist leader on US grounds, the two nations are working to strengthen their bilateral commercial prospects. Have been.

India has opened its own inquiry into the claims and said that any such action is against official policy.

India said in the Tai-Goyal negotiations that it was open to a bilateral collaboration on key minerals.

According to an Indian official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private, Washington and New Delhi would share intelligence in order to strengthen their relationship in the area.

"In terms of the roadmap (for important minerals), we are going to start with fact-finding, exploration and developing a common terminology and subsequently use our tools and ideas from there," Tai said during a press conference in New Delhi. will grow."

According to a joint statement published after the January 12 meeting, India also requested the United States to streamline its visa procedures for business experts from India and asked Washington to allow duty-free access to certain commodities under the so-called Generalized System of Preferences. asked to be put back in.

In 2019, former President Donald Trump terminated a trade preference program that the United States maintained for decades, including access to India.

Tai requested that India make sure that New Delhi's import restrictions on laptops do not impede commerce during his discussions there.