India, Jan. 19 -- Negotiations over the India-US trade agreement could once again face turbulence, this time over pulses.

Two American lawmakers have written to President Donald Trump, urging him to press India to scrap its 30 percent import duty on US pulse crops.

The senators argue that American farmers are being placed at a "significant competitive disadvantage" due to what they describe as unfair trade practices by New Delhi.

The issue has surfaced at a sensitive moment, coming after the Trump administration imposed steep 50 percent tariffs on trade with India, a move that already strained bilateral economic ties.

Republican Senators Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota authored the letter, pointing out that th...