The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) termed the proposed India-US agriculture trade understanding a "death deal for the farm sector" and announced plans to intensify protests across Punjab and beyond at a meeting held at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Speaking to ANI, Goyal said the interim trade understanding does not require India to purchase specific quantities or values of goods from the US, adding that the estimates are based on India's growing commercial needs.
US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor met with Indian Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal on Sunday and discussed the economic ties between the two countries, including increased investment in the United States.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday expressed the need to have a trade understanding with the United States (US), adding that not only because it's the world's largest market, but also because much of the world already has such arrangements. But it has to be an understanding