New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Sunday criticised the government over the framework of the India-US interim trade agreement, calling it "highly imbalanced" and a "unilateral deal".

The framework for the trade agreement with the United States reduces tariffs on Indian goods in the US to 18 per cent, while Washington has claimed the deal will help it export more agricultural products to New Delhi.

Speaking to ANI, Bhagat said, "PM Modi did not trust him (Shivraj Singh Chouhan). That is why he brought him to the centre from Madhya Pradesh... The tariff imposed is highly imbalanced... This is a unilateral deal... We should learn from Canada."

His remark came after Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said tha...