India's former G20 Sherpa and ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said that India will gain a competitive edge over countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh, while protecting its agriculture and dairy sectors, after the announcement of the framework of the India-US trade agreement.
India and the United States have formalised an interim trade agreement, a move celebrated by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India Hardeep Singh Puri as a commitment to a shared, prosperous future under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. He said the ag
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin on Saturday said that the announcement of the framework of the Interim Trade Agreement between India and the United States is expected to widen market access, attract investment, and generate new job opportunities.
Samajwadi Party National Secretary and MP, Rajeev Rai, on Saturday slammed the Centre over the framework of the India-US trade agreement, calling it a "compromise on the country's dignity."
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, through a post on X, on Saturday, hailed the India-US trade agreement, saying that it will primarily benefit the farmers, fishermen, MSMEs, and Indian exporters.
Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Singh on Saturday stressed that the farmers of the nation know that the economic progress, growth, and development in the sector is possible only through law, order, and science, after the India-US trade agreement.
Meanwhile, Opposition MPs protested the India-US trade agreement at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament, holding a banner calling it a "trap deal." Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also joined as the MPs raised slogans, "Jo uchit samjho vahi ka" and "tanashahi nahi chalegi," criticising
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel praised the new India-US trade deal as a sign of "New India's" strength and a move that will create new opportunities for citizens of both nations. CM Bhupendra Patel said that the trade deal between India and the United States, under the leadership
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday criticised the India-US trade agreement, which reduced the previously imposed tariff of 50 per cent to 18 per cent, saying that with this trade deal, the United States has almost bought India.
"It is a good gesture between India and the US. The Commerce Ministry had been working to get the tariff reduced. This will ease out any apprehensions," he told ANI.
Former Indian diplomats on Tuesday welcomed the India-US trade agreement, calling it a positive and evolving step that would boost bilateral trade, business confidence and people-to-people benefits between the two countries.
The India-US trade agreement has triggered an intense political debate, with the Centre projecting it as a landmark, future-defining deal that will accelerate India's growth trajectory, while opposition parties have raised sharp questions about transparency, national interests, and the im