US India Relations

A team of officials from the US is expected to visit India next week for talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement, sources said on Thursday. The visit is crucial as India and the US are working to finalise the first tranche of the pact. "The team is likely to come next week. Dates are being finalised, and discussions are on," said one of the sources. This visit of the US officials would be the second after the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff and an additional 25 per cent penalty on Indian goods entering the American market for buying Russian crude oil. Earlier, the team had visited on September 16. On September 22, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal also led an official delegation to the US for trade talks. He was accompanied by the then special secretary in the ministry, Rajesh Agrawal and other officials. Agrawal is now India's commerce secretary. The USA's Chief Negotiator for the pact is Brendan Lynch. The next week's visit would be important as Agrawal h

US President Donald Trump's punitive 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods has soured sentiment among foreign investors, who have sold around $17 billion of Indian equities so far this year

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Indian Rupee touched a new record low of 89.97 against the US dollar on December 1, 2025, amid delays in the India-US trade agreement, and limited RBI intervention

India nears a framework trade deal with the US but insists both reciprocal and Russian-oil-linked tariffs must be resolved together, even as parallel talks with the EU and Canada gather pace

The US imposed tariffs of up to 50% on imports from India starting in late August even as negotiations between the two countries continued

However, the other exporting countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia and Pakistan, will have a much lower incremental impact than India

A wave of new trade agreements under Trump 2.0 offers concessions to Asian partners, but their executive-order nature leaves room for renegotiation and continued uncertainty

Piyush Goyal will review export challenges, logistics gaps and trade deal gains as industry seeks clarity on the new Export Promotion Mission

Indian exports to the US dropped 8.6 per cent year-on-year to $6.3 billion in October, the second month that the 50 per cent tariff on imports from the country was in place

US President Donald Trump has said he settled tension between India and Pakistan after threatening the two countries with 350 per cent tariffs and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say we're not going to go to war. Trump has repeated the claim over 60 times that he helped settle tension between India and Pakistan in May this year even as India has consistently denied any third-party intervention. I'm good at settling disputes, and I've always been. I've done very well with that over the years, even before this. I was talking about the different wars India, Pakistan... they were going to go at it, nuclear weapons, Trump said on Wednesday. Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum attended by visiting Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, Trump said that he told the two nuclear-armed neighbours that they can go at it, but I'm putting a 350 per cent tariff on each country. No more trade with the United States. Claiming that both India and Pakistan

India's decision to import LPG from the US helps it to diversify sources as it reduces almost full reliance on West Asian countries for supply of the country's primary cooking fuel

Goyal said the government is holding regular consultations to streamline FDI and FII processes, boost investor confidence and advance fair, balanced India-US trade deal

Development comes at a time when negotiations for India-US BTA gather steam

India says the first tranche of the Indo-US trade deal is close to finalisation, with talks focused on easing reciprocal tariffs and boosting bilateral trade amid shifting export trends

India has signed its first structured deal to buy 2.2 million tonnes of LPG from the US in 2026, a move the government says will boost supply security

A trade deal with the US is both possible and essential - and so is one with Europe

The RBI has extended export credit timelines, eased repayment norms and allowed flexibility in realising proceeds to help exporters cope with disruptions triggered by US tariff action

The US on Wednesday announced sanctions against 32 entities and individuals from several countries, including India and China for links to Iran's ballistic missile programme. The US state department said the action is in line with President Donald Trump's efforts to counter Iran's aggressive development of missiles and other asymmetric and conventional weapons. The US is today sanctioning 32 entities and individuals based in Iran, China, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye, India, and other jurisdictions that operate multiple procurement networks supporting Iran's ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production, it said. It said the action supports the reimposition of UN sanctions and restrictive measures on Iran in September response to the country's "significant non-performance" of its nuclear commitments. US Under Secretary of the Treasury (terrorism and financial intelligence) John K Hurley said Iran exploits financial systems across the globe to launder

Indian markets rallied for a third session on optimism over a potential US-India trade deal and expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut, with tech stocks leading the gains