India and U.S. aim to expand farm trade, resolve market access issues

India and U.S. aim to expand farm trade, resolve market access issues
# 23 November 2021 19:57 (UTC +04:00)

India and the United States agreed in New Delhi on Tuesday to expand farm trade and relaunched their joint trade policy forum (TPF) to resolve differences on issues including market access, as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai ended a two-day visit, APA reports citing Reuters.

The two countries agreed to speed up work for expanding trade in agricultural commodities including shipments of Indian mangoes and pomegranates to U.S. markets and cherries and alfafa hay for animal feed from the United States to India, they said in a joint statement.

Chairing the meeting of the joint forum, convened after a gap of four years, Tai and Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal directed their officials to intensify efforts to resolve issues and consider a ministerial meeting next year.

"The forum heralds a new beginning in India-U.S. trade partnership," Goyal said in a tweet after the meeting.

New Delhi and Washington have sparred over a range of issues including tariffs for over a year, hampering the prospects of concluding a bilateral trade package.

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