Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch will visit India from 25-29 March for bilateral trade discussions.
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00:00And we have some news coming in at this point in time US assistant trade representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch
00:07Visiting is visiting India from the 25th of March, which is tomorrow to the 29th
00:12Assistant US trade representative for South and Central Asia
00:16Along with the team of US government officials will be in India between 25th of March to the 29th for meetings with Indian
00:23Interlocutors as part of the ongoing bilateral trade discussions
00:27This visit reflects the United States continued commitment to advancing a productive and balanced trade relationship with India
00:35We value our ongoing engagement with the government of India on trade and investment matters and look forward to continuing these discussions in a constructive
00:44Equitable and forward-looking manner the US Embassy spokesperson has said and I quote him there
00:50Going straight across to Geeta Mohan for more on their
00:54Geeta this of course is an ongoing discussion, which is underway. Just talk to us. What is going to be on top of the agenda here?
01:02Well, the fact that tariffs are
01:06massive niggling errors
01:10The tariffs will certainly top their agenda for India it is going to be about
01:16About the agriculture sector and how important this respect knows
01:20The Indian side will also talk about how the two sides can align themselves in manufacturing and production
01:27So these are areas that that would require a lot of conversations
01:31This is only beginning of the Trump administration
01:33but remember it is a it is a tall asked to have the trade representatives and then
01:40Commerce Secretary's is also finance ministry officials to ensure that there is a trade deal by fall
01:46That was the announcement that was made by President Trump and Prime Minister Modi when they met
01:51in
01:53Washington DC
01:54with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi
01:57Visiting Trump after him having taken over
02:00office and
02:01The the ask is huge to have a trade deal and therefore they're trying to ensure that work starts immediately
02:09The
02:15Lynch story will be in New Delhi on the 20th from the 25th to the 29th of March
02:20So it's going to be it's the beginning in many ways. Although negotiations were
02:25continued between the two administrators to
02:29Country, but because there's a new administration
02:32We're looking at conversations on
02:35Particularly in Paris and how the two countries are going to deal with that
02:39That's right. These are details
02:41We have at this point in time our senior US trade official is to visit India to discuss trade tariffs trade talks
02:47Which is a big concern as far as India is concerned for us Gita
02:51Given that these will be reciprocal tariffs that the president had said would be in effect from the 2nd of April
02:59Thanking you Gita Mohan getting asked those details at this point in time