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India-US Relations - Tariffs & Ties
India and the United States describe their ties as a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership; in 2026 trade runs on a framework that cut US reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18 percent. It is in the news because US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Mumbai on 20-21 October 2026, where both sides welcomed progress on the Bilateral Trade Agreement and recommitted to concluding it early.
Last updated 21 October 20267 min read
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Adds US Secretary of State Rubio's 20-21 October Mumbai visit: both sides welcomed Bilateral Trade Agreement progress and recommitted to an early deal; MEA names no new agreement.
- India-US relations
- reciprocal tariffs
- Bilateral Trade Agreement
- Section 301
- H-1B
- G20 FMCBG
- Piyush Goyal
- Rajesh Agrawal
- preferential market access
- MFN tariffs
- executive tariffs
- Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act
- H-1B fee
- secondary tariffs
- India-US trade
- reciprocal tariff
- Section 232
- pharmaceutical tariff
- specialty drugs
- SRIA
- secondary tariff
- Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership
- Jamieson Greer
- PERM
- green card
- Permanent Labor Certification
- Indian IT firms
- Marco Rubio
- India-US COMPACT
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