USTR visit: India, US to focus on market access, revival of key trade meet

India and the US will likely discuss ways to bolster trade through trade meetgreater market access — especially in agriculture and information communication technology — and removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers when US trade representative (USTR) Katherine Tai visits India next week, a source told FE.
Tai’s two-day visit starting November 22, her first as the chief trade negotiator of the US, will also set the stage for the revival of the annual bilateral trade policy forum (TPF) meeting, which last took place in Washington DC in 2017, said the source. Tai will meet commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, among others.