New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday criticised the India-US interim trade agreement, calling it "treacherous".

Chaturvedi said the government has handed over the country's national interests and policy to the US. She also urged that the deal be discussed in Parliament.

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, Chaturvedi said, "This is not a confident trade deal. This is a treacherous deal where the US has issued a decree dictating what kind of deal India should sign... They have completely handed over our nation...