Washington DC, April 29 -- Trade negotiations with India are moving well, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent said on Tuesday while noting that it is easier to negotiate with India than many other countries.

Addressing a press briefing, Scott Bessent said non-tariff barriers can be "much more insidious" than tariff barriers.

"We are very close on India and it is easier to negotiate with India than many other countries because they have very high tariffs...So it is much easier to confront the direct tariffs as we go through these unfair trade deals that have been put in over decades that the non-tariff trade barriers can be much more insidious and also harder to detect. So, a country like India, which has posted and re...