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TMI BlogNon-tariff barriers and 'red tape' that slow market access should be dismantled: USIBCX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Non-tariff barriers and 'red tape' that slow market access should be dismantled: USIBC X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er Piyush Goyal is in Washington to hold the talks with his American counterpart Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. India and the US agreed to begin negotiations for a trade deal following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in Washington DC last month. "We wish both governments success in their negotiations, and urge both sides to lev ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erage the trade relationship for shared growth," (USIBC) President Ambassador Atul Keshap said on Tuesday (Monday US time). "Meaningful trade facilitation through a sweeping bilateral trade deal is long overdue, and would be instrumental in boosting the GDPs of both America and India and bind our two mighty economies closer together," he said. It is expected that a major focus of the trade negot ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iations will be on tariff. Trump's policy on "reciprocal tariff" for all trading partners of the US has stoked global concerns. For years, the US and Indian businesses have invested in each other's countries without a formal investment or trade framework, Keshap said. India represents only 2.5 percent of America's trade volumes, and that number can and should increase substantially, he said. K ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eshap said both sides should now work with focus to formalise a level playing field, full and open market access, swift dispute arbitration, and predictable tax and regulatory policies to boost investment, growth, and job creation in both countries. "Non-tariff barriers and red tape that slow market access should be dismantled with haste. The opportunity for both sides is a landmark bilateral agr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eement that can further unleash entrepreneurship and GDP growth in both countries," he said. "Now is the time for ambitious outcomes between Washington and Delhi." "Our USIBC member companies -? American and Indian -? enthusiastically applaud the efforts of both governments and wish them productive talks that deepen the strategic, economic, and technological partnership between the people of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... United States and the people of India," he added. PTI MPB ZMN
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