Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Tuesday criticised the government's trade deal with the US, stating that India has "become nothing but a market," after a trade deal with the United States led to reports that India could abandon Russian oil procurement.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday flagged concerns over the India-US trade deal as Washington claimed that the agreement will help them export more agricultural products to New Delhi and that India will stop purchasing oil from Russia.
During his US visit for the Critical Minerals Ministerial, EAM Jaishankar welcomed the India-US trade deal that cuts tariffs on Indian goods to 18%. PM Modi and President Trump agreed to boost bilateral trade, increase US purchases, diversify from Russian oil, and strengthen ties.
Congress on Tuesday demanded the complete details of the India-US trade deal, raising questions over several key aspects such as the opening of the agriculture sector, the reduction of tariffs to "zero" and a pause on the purchase of Russian oil, as claimed by US President Donald Trump.
Following President Donald Trump's announcement of a US-India trade deal cutting tariffs to 18%, Partner Asia Group Nisha Biswal Nisha Biswal highlighted deeper cooperation, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the move amid India's expanding engagement with Western partners.
Congress MP Manish Tiwari on Tuesday questioned whether New Delhi has sacrificed its strategic autonomy to seal the trade deal with Washington, which would require India to divert its oil purchases from Russia to the US and "potentially" to Venezuela.
US International Development Finance Corporation Deputy CEO Nisha Biswal flagged pending implementation details in the US-India trade deal, as President Donald Trump announced tariff cuts to 18% and Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed stronger economic cooperation.
US Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday (local time) claimed that India has "earned" the reduction in tariffs under the newly announced India-US trade deal, linking the move to the decrease in Russian oil purchases by New Delhi amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Following the announcement of the India-US trade deal, where the US reduced the tariffs on India to 18 per cent, a White House official on Monday (local time) confirmed to ANI that Washington will also drop the additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports imposed due to New Delhi's pur
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi "have agreed to a Trade Deal" between the United States and India, whereby the United States will charge a reduced Reciprocal Tariff, lowering it from 25% to 18%.
Speaking to ANI on the Kerala elections, Tharoor said, "I think it's absolutely indispensable that there should be a change of government. The Left has been ruling for 10 years now, and they just proposed a budget a couple of days ago, which was completely based on funds they don't have,