India and the US are gearing up for the second round of face-to-face talks on the agreement in Washington, with the Indian side led by its chief negotiator Rajesh Agarwal. “This issue is part of India’s agenda note for the talks,” said one of the two persons cited above. These duties, in effect since 12…
Although these are early days in the negotiations for a multi-sectoral bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between India and the US, the final outcome is already being envisaged as the ‘mother of all deals’ and a ‘grand trade deal.’ Both countries are expected to negotiate hard for finalizing an agreement that maximizes benefits for their respective…
Never mind that applying selective tariffs violates the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). If someone raises an objection, WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism is expected to deal with it. But that mechanism is broken partly because the US has blocked appointments to its appellate body. If pushed further, it is…
