India looking for ‘good’ trade agreement with US to promote economic growth: Nirmala Sitharaman

10 Mar 2025 Evaluate

With an aim to promote economic growth and ensure smooth supply chains, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said India is looking for a ‘good’ trade agreement with the US. She also said that amid a growing global tariff war, India will have to move ‘smartly’ to guard against possible dumping of goods from countries that are facing higher US tariffs. At the same time, India will protect the interests of domestic industries that rely on affordable imports.

She said ‘In a broad sense, I think, both sides should have ambition for a good treaty, and nobody can fault that. Particularly for India, when you are looking at Viksit Bharat, you need to have good traction. Everybody is concerned about the growth numbers’. She added that a lot more steps are required to strengthen the country's exports across the board, wherever there is potential.

She said ‘So, I am sure the commerce minister (Piyush Goyal) is quite seized of this, and he would take this (trade) agreement to meet the ambitions that we have in terms of promoting growth, in terms of ensuring that our supply chains are intact and smooth and flowing well, and therefore, that would guide his negotiations, I would think’. India and the US are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, with an aim to double trade to $500 billion by 2030. 


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