New Delhi has offered tariff reductions on a wide range of goods and works to illuminate non-tariff barriers. | Photocredit: Egromov
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India is preparing for higher American rates – probably between 20% and 25% – at some of his export as a temporary measure, because it is eliminated by new trade concessions prior to the Washington deadline on 1 August, according to two Indian government sources.
Instead, New Delhi is planning to resume broader trade negotiations when an American delegation visits mid -August, with the aim of completing an extensive bilateral agreement in September or October, one of the Indian officers told Reuters.
“The conversations go well and a delegation is expected in Delhi in mid -August,” said one of the Indian government officials, adding that President Donald Trump could give a tariff letter that imposes tasks of 20 or 25% in a “worst scenario”.
“We assume, however, that it would be a temporary measure, given the five rounds of commercial interviews that have taken place. A deal will be worked out soon,” the officer said.
Trump said on Monday that most partners who do not negotiate individual trade agreements would soon be confronted with the rates of 15% to 20% on their exports to the United States, well above the broad rate of 10% that he imposed in April. His administration will soon inform around 200 countries of their new “world rate” rate.
The American trade representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Monday that conversations with India required more negotiations, because Trump was more interested in good deals than fast deals.
India has shown “strong interest in opening parts of its market”, although its trade policy had long aimed at protecting domestic interests, Geer said.
Piyush Goyal, the Indian Trade Minister, said Reuters last week that India is making “fantastic” progress in American commercial interviews.
Indian officials said that New Delhi has offered tariff reductions on a wide range of goods and works to illuminate non-tariff barriers.
However, agriculture and dairy products remain “no-go” areas where India is not prepared to make the import of genetically modified soybeans or corn possible, or to open its dairy sector.
The total bilateral goods trade reached around $ 129 billion in 2024, with India placing a trade surplus of almost $ 46 billion.
India is against new offers while calibrating his strategy in the midst of broader American tariff threats aimed at Brics countries, including India, on issues such as the dollarization and purchases of Russian oil, another officer said.
“We continue to close a deal that gives Indian exporters preferential access compared to our colleagues,” said the civil servant.
Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.
India’s Commerce Ministry and the office of the American trade representative did not immediately respond to E -mail requests for comments.
“We need more negotiations with our Indian friends to see how ambitious they want to be,” said Greer.
Analysts said that, without a deal, the Indian export average American rates of around 26%could be confronted, higher than that with which Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan or the European Union was confronted.
(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; adaptation by Giles Elgood)
Published July 29, 2025
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