Piyush Goyal to hold discussions with export promotion councils on trade issues amid Trump tariff threat

11 Mar 2025 Evaluate

Amid the threat of imposition of reciprocal tariffs by the US, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will hold discussions with export promotion councils on trade issues on March 13, 2025. In the meeting, exporters are expected to raise issues pertaining to the proposed bilateral trade agreement between India and the US.

The meeting assumes significance as the minister has recently returned from Washington after holding trade talks with his US counterparts. The exporting community is concerned about the threat of the US to impose reciprocal tariffs as it could impact India's exports to America, which is its largest trading partner. However, if the US would give duty concessions under the proposed trade agreement to India, sectors like textiles, handicrafts, leather, and gems and jewellery would get a boost.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said that India should open its agri sector also. India has by and large protected the agri sector in all the free trade agreements as the segment involves the protection of the interest of millions of domestic farmers, who are engaged in sustenance farming. Recently, US President Donald Trump said India has agreed to cut its tariffs ‘way down’ as he reiterated his claim that the country charges America massive tariffs that make it difficult to sell products there.


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