India is likely to give US access to its dairy and poultry markets
According to sources india is likely to give the US access to its dairy and poultry markets in exchange for renegotiated terms for its pharmaceutical, textile and industrial exports under a new bilateral trade deal to be signed during President Donald Trump’s visit to New delhi later this month.
Top sources told that india is willing to partially open up its traditionally protected sectors dairy and poultry on the condition that the US grants india better terms for its pharmaceutical, textile and agro-machinery products.The indian offer, sources said, is in view of President Trump’s lament that US has had a trade deficit of $65 billion with India. However, in 2018, the deficit had reduced to $25.2 billion while the US and india trade of goods was worth $142.6 billion.
“India is the world’s largest milk producer but our dairy economy is not sound given the production cost and unaffordability of keeping the cattle once they stop producing milk. Similarly, there is a huge environmental cost to poultry,” a top source familiar with the negotiations of the trade deal between the US and india, said.The government in New delhi has made the offer to the US, its second-largest trading partner, after making a thorough assessment of India’s traditionally protected markets which have already been opened up.