US President Donald Trump's trade deal with India led to end of Operation Sindoor: Congress

In a post,the congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh,said,”After repeating 16 times that he used a trade deal as an instrument to bring about a ceasefire between India & Pakistan, President Trump has now announced that such an India-US trade agreement is going to be signed in the next few days”. 

“He calls a ' very big deal.’ It better be - given that it led to the abrupt end of Operation Sindoor”,the congress leader said.

“As is now becoming evident, India has to get to know decisions of great importance to it from the White House in Washington DC”,he said.

The high tariffs announced by the US on 2 April were suspended by the Trump administration till 9 July.

The agriculture and dairy sectors are difficult and challenging areas for India to give duty concessions to the US. India has not opened up dairy in any of its free trade pacts signed so far.

The US wants duty concessions on certain industrial goods, automobiles - especially electric vehicles, wines, petrochemical products, dairy, and agricultural items like apples, tree nuts, and genetically modified crops.

India is seeking duty concessions for labour-intensive sectors like textiles, gems and jewellery, leather goods, garments, plastics, chemicals, shrimp, oil seeds, grapes, and bananas in the proposed trade pact.