Public sentiment is predominantly negative regarding the India-US trade deal negotiations. Many individuals express distrust towards the U.S., viewing the negotiations as potentially harmful to India's agricultural sector and economic sovereignty. There is a strong reluctance to compromise national interests, particularly concerning tariffs and genetic modifications, with a prevailing belief that any deal would be unfavorable for India.

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SS: Here’s a concise summary of The Indian Express report 👇


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🇮🇳 India, US Begin Drafting Trade Deal — “Fair and Equitable” Agreement Expected

Key Development:
India and the United States have started drafting the text of a new bilateral trade deal, following broad convergence in recent negotiations held in Washington earlier this month.

Next Steps:
A US delegation is likely to visit India soon to continue the discussions and finalize the draft.

Official Statement:
A senior Indian official said both sides have agreed on most key issues, and work is underway on the precise language of the agreement.

Piyush Goyal’s Remarks:

During his Germany visit, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal emphasized that India will only sign a deal that is “fair and equitable.”

He added, “We don’t do deals in a hurry or under pressure. If there’s a tariff on us, there’s a tariff on us — we’ll find ways to overcome that and look at newer markets.”

Goyal also stressed that India’s trade decisions are driven purely by national interest, not external pressure or alliances.


Context:

Talks follow earlier tensions over US tariffs on Indian goods and India’s Russian oil imports.

The deal aims to rebalance trade ties, expand market access, and strengthen economic partnership between both democracies.




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🧩 Bottom Line:
India and the US are now in the final drafting stage of a long-awaited trade deal.
New Delhi seeks a long-term, fair, and interest-driven agreement, showing confidence despite current tariff pressures.

Unable-Ad931

Until Trump wakes up on the wrong side of the bed one day and calls it off.  

There is seriously no upside to engaging in discussion with this version of the USA.  Their words mean nothing.

ClassOptimal7655

India should stick to their line. Trump has repeatedly showed that once you don't budge, he starts getting restless and will start making adjustments and leeway.

Pathseg

I think we need to be prepared that the relationship is only going to get worse. There's absolutely no way both the countries are going to budge on farming. USA wants indian market access more than ever and India isn't going to agree to that no matter what

funkynotorious

This Redbox account is a fake news spreader. Never believe it

BugGlad5743

" By fall " means yash chopda film leaves 🍂🍁 falling when? What date? Redbox should post properly man...at least tell which week of the month...

Only_bliss_

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This account is worst. Always posts in capital letters.

iphone4Suser

Will this trade deal ever complete before Trump completes his presidency? 1 year is almost done, 3 more years to go.

ismyaltaccount

I have a massive trade deficit with my grocery store.

Inner_Butterfly1991

How can a poorer country be expected to have a trade deficit with the US especially when the goods the US wants to export to India are mostly more expensive than what can be produced there? There are exceptions (soybean, dairy) and I agree India should lower trade barriers but it also is important for US infotech (both software and, increasingly, hardware) as a supply chain alternative.

After_Olive5924

India is practically our pharmacy.  They supply 40% of our generic medicines.

This will just make medicine even more expensive.

I'd love for more medical manufacturing here, but I'm not too sure this is how you go about it...

ATotalCassegrain

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I just had to raise the price of my products by 50% due to the tariff rate.  Man this sucks...

shikodo

Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Trump just negotiate “the greatest” trade agreement ever with India not too long ago?

joe1max

wouldn't it be amazing if there was somebody in the administration that understood trade deficits. 

It would be equally as amazing if there was somebody in the administration with links to America instead of like Russia Qatar and Hungary

Bawbawian

More high tax on goods for the American consumers

One-Sir-2198

I have still yet to hear why trade deficits are a problem…

oe-eo

Does that apply to outsourced tech jobs or just affordable goods (like fruit, spices, clothes, medical stuff...)

Responsible-Car-Golf

Firm_Watercress_4228

It’s going to take decades to repair this damage.

If they are doing business with you you are by definition also doing business with them. It’s a 2 ways street. Why anyone thinks this guy is smart is beyond me

inigos_left_hand

Trade deficits are not inherently bad. Feeding into this moronic trade policy is a part of the problem.

reggers20

India makes as much from scams as they do exporting to the US. If trump wanted to hurt india he could stop h1b and put restrictions on 'call centers'.

PX_Oblivion

I do not care what our trade deficit is with India. Their people have MUCH less disposable income than ours, so obviously they can't buy as much of our stuff as we buy from them. Using tariffs to "solve" this non-issue is just going to end up costing us an absolute shit load of money, and we're getting literally nothing for it

flissfloss86

If India wasn't helping the Russians I'd be more sympathetic

Pappa_Crim

lol what — or maybe it’s because they are poorer then us and labor is cheaper there

dontich

Surprised he hasn't complained about what his base often complains about tbh

Helplessly-Aimless

The United States runs an aggregate annual SURPLUS with India. The administration is misinformed. Looking at one line item - merchandise goods - and basing punitive economic policy on that basis isn't in any way how you do things. 

[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gz02SySbAAADNx4?format=jpg&amp;name=large](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gz02SySbAAADNx4?format=jpg&amp;name=large) 

https://preview.redd.it/0gzsi0e38tmf1.jpeg?width=1236&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=13c3305745de92c4a704f58a9c5d4ec6469115ed

hampsten

I think you are sane-washing Trump's extreme behavior by framing this as a US-India trade war.  This is a US-world trade war.  It is utterly foolish and has already done long-term damage to US hegemony.  Every country on Earth now knows we might elect a psycho every four years, who could renege on trade deals they JUST made and effectively defunct military alliances on a whim.

AutoManoPeeing

Now shut down H1B and H2B from India.  Then tarrif outsourcing 200%.

Jon_Galt1

Why is it a problem that they sell stuff, if they have stuff that we want?  If it benefits us to get those things.  If we want to sell more stuff to them. . : I guess we just need to have more that they want?

Gogs85

The foreign companies with offices in India are not being factored in. Many of those are just outsourcing centers masquerading as for profit businesses. Estimates are upwards of 1,000,000 employed in these outsourcing centers run by American subsidiaries.

Technical-Art4989

Compromise would be India removing all the tariffs on US imports other than predetermined areas like agriculture and dairy products.

Positive-Ad1859

U.S. goods exports to India in 2024 were $41.5 billion, U.S. goods imports from India in 2024 totaled $87.3 billion

musicman651

Buddy how have u not figured out that a trade deficit is not a bad thing for a first world country. First world nations import more than exported. If we do this our dollar gets devalued and we enter a stagflate economy. Say bye bye to the jobs market.

Sweenybeans

Emergency_Panic6121

Even if the U.S. is India’s biggest export market, India has never been a huge part of the global economy that was initiated by the U.S. During the cold war because India was softly in the Soviet sphere of influence (they weren’t exactly fans of the U.K. or Australia after they became independent).

As a result India can more easily weather U.S. tariffs and even sanctions if it comes to it.  It doesn’t seriously impact the U.S. to impose tariffs on India like it does China either because the U.S. isn’t as heavily reliant on good from India as it is China.

However there would certainly be a number of sizeable businesses in India which will suffer together with a few in the U.S. who are more heavily reliant on specific goods from India.  If we’re talking about the Tariffs being inflicted due to India’s oil trade with Russia, it’s not necessarily a big difference for India to seek oil from the Middle East and other countries instead, if they think it’s better than putting up with the Tariffs. Though India might just double down on trade with Russia rather than put up with U.S. influence.

SpinzACE

Trade wars are stupid and usually only have losers.

TheMikeyMac13

Clearly not written by Trumplestiltskin, too few caps lock moments.

He and his advisers have no clue how international trade works.  Good luck getting it to balance at the level of individual countries.  Oh wait, it’s supposed to have a positive balance for the US at the country level.  As if that wouldn’t have some major economic impacts.🙄

Postulative

Trade deficits are meaningless as a statistic without greater context, and aren't really a negative indicator. The way they've been reported by the Trump have been misleading by doing things by ignoring the sale of services and focusing exclusively on goods.

2407s4life

middlequeue

I mean, good are immaterial… India sells services

Sleep_adict

Trump didn't write this. It's not stupid.

Trade deficits are only a concern to the economically illiterate.

BigoteMexicano

I don’t understand how heartless you have to be to attack a poverty-stricken country like this.

EyeraGlass

By that logic I do no business with the grocery store because I never sell anything to my grocery store.

It's stupid but that's fascist you voted for I guess.

Talzon70

I don't think about it. It's trivial. 

That being said, India maintains strong barriers to access their market in order to leverage exports and protect local producers in order to promote growth. America has effectively been subsidizing the Indian economy. It's technically not fair trade.

But, again, it is trivial. It isn't egregious like China, and India isn't openly hostile, like China.

dogsiwm

In my opinion. 

The US is too reliant on Indian pharmaceuticals. For that alone I hope the trade war causes either diversification or bringing such production back to the US.

Militarily, they would be a better regional ally than Pakistan even though they are just as crazy, but they have made their bed with russia for decades at this point. Considering they help russia get around sanctions, this is another reason to target them economically. 

Whether this actually works or has even some of the intended effects, I dont know, and I doubt our politicians have the political willpower to follow it to any useful conclusion.

trinalgalaxy

Real leverage on India isnt trade-its H1-B’s. To get India to cooperate we have to squeeze them on that.

Compoundeyesseeall

No way trump wrote this.He could never understand how to use the word ponder in a sentence.

xaviery777

Trade deficits are not an aspect of trade wars. Deficits are a normal aspect of trade. It is practically impossible to avoid them. If you trade, there will be a deficit.

If you want to export more than you import, then do so. Make more stuff and sell it. This is not a "war".

Kris40000

We need tariffs on India to stop outsourcing. So for once, this is a good thing. Assuming it sticks.

Miserable_Corgi_764

India is poor American goods are expensive most Indians can't buy them.

thebigmanhastherock

Its not about the money, it's about sending a message.  With us or against us. India is officially against the western world now. Just like Russia and China

b4stoner

Protectionism has been done before, but putting tariffs on goods that allow you to produce stuff, E.G. steel and copper is so obviously misguided.

CheeseMilkerr

What he does not conveniently state is a lot of US consumer goods and tech companies make a lot of revenue from India- the market. 
 Ofcourse it is also true that US Tech companieswere responsible for the growth of the Indian economy phenomenally from the late 80s/early 90s due to the outsourcing.

Leo080671

I’m so tired of being oppressed by my local businesses. I’m constantly giving them money for things that I don’t have the time or skills to produce myself and I get noth…. Oh wait nope nevermind that’s just like like… how buying stuff you want works. 

MAGA is brain dead.

Aggressive_Arm_6297

India shouldn’t be charging the US high tariffs. This is obvious.

MsterF

We dont do business with them, but they do it with us?

Jaxraged

That's impossible. Since Trump is involved it will be bigly huge like never before in the history of trade deals.

dark-light92

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a little too late buddy - they've already partnered up w/ russia and china

quazimoto

...until he wakes up on the wrong side of the bed or Melania isn't putting out.

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Electronic-Still6565

Back pedalling furiously, realising he’s fucked up yet again. Too late though, probably.

Jasoncatt

Translation ”We’ve come nowhere in our negotiations and we’re shitting our pants with India’s outreach to Russia and China.”

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