India, US reach framework for Interim Agreement to ensure mutually beneficial trade

07 Feb 2026 Evaluate

Reasserting mutual commitment to the broader U.S.-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) negotiations, India and United States of America (US) have reached a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. Under this agreement, India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods and a wide range of U.S. food and agricultural products, including dried distillers’ grains (DDGs), red sorghum for animal feed, tree nuts, fresh and processed fruit, soybean oil, wine and spirits, and additional products. On the other hand, US will apply a reciprocal tariff rate of 18% on goods coming from India, including textile and apparel, leather and footwear, plastic and rubber, organic chemicals, home décor, artisanal products, and certain machinery. Further, US will remove the reciprocal tariff on a wide range of goods identified, including generic pharmaceuticals, gems and diamonds, and aircraft parts, in the Potential Tariff Adjustments for Aligned Partners on conclusion of the agreement. 

Over the next 5 years, India intends to purchase $500 billion of U.S. energy products, aircraft and aircraft parts, precious metals, technology products, and coking coal. Both countries will significantly increase trade in technology products, including Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and other goods used in data centers, and expand joint technology cooperation. Both countries have committed to provide each other preferential market access in sectors of respective interest on a sustained basis and will establish rules of origin that ensure that the benefits of the agreement accrue predominately to US and India. They will address non-tariff barriers that affect bilateral trade. India has agreed to address long-standing barriers to the trade in U.S. medical devices; eliminate restrictive import licensing procedures that delay market access for, or impose quantitative restrictions on, U.S. Information and Communication Technology goods. Additionally, India will address long-standing non-tariff barriers to the trade in U.S. food and agricultural products.

With aim of ensuring national security, US will remove tariffs on certain aircraft and aircraft parts of India, similarly, India will also receive a preferential tariff rate quota for automotive parts. They have agreed to strengthen economic security alignment to enhance supply chain resilience and innovation through complementary actions to address non- market policies of third parties, as well as cooperation on inbound and outbound investment reviews and export controls.

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