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Before Inking Trade Deal External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Urges United States To Respect New Delhi’s ‘Red Lines’
The external affairs minister said an understanding on trade between the two sides was necessary as the US is the world’s largest market but at the same time noted that India’s red lines should be respected.
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Any trade deal between India and the United States has to respect New Delhi’s ‘red lines’ and efforts are underway to find a ‘landing ground’, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said amid strain in ties between the two countries over Washington, DC’s policy on tariff.
According to media reports, In an interactive session at an event, Jaishankar acknowledged having issues between India and the US and that many of them are linked to the inability to firm up the proposed trade deal.
The external affairs minister said an understanding on trade between the two sides was necessary as the US is the world’s largest market but at the same time noted that India’s red lines should be respected.
“We have today issues with the United States. A big part of it is the fact that we have not arrived at a landing ground for our trade discussions, and the inability so far to reach there has led to a certain tariff being levied on India,” he said.
Jaishankar was speaking at the discussion on the theme ‘Shaping Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times’ at the Kautilya Economic Enclave.
“In addition, there is a second tariff which we have publicly said we regard as very unfair, which has picked on us for sourcing energy from Russia when there are other countries that have done so, including countries that right now have a far more antagonistic relationship with Russia than we do,” he said.