New Delhi, March 21 -- India said today that it is "actively working" with the US to build a framework for the Bilateral Trade Agreement, amid the backdrop of US President Donald Trump again accusing New Delhi of high tariffs on US goods and threatening reciprocal tariffs from April 2.
The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in his media briefing, said:
"India and the US are in the process of taking forward the Bilateral Trade negotiations.
"The two governments are actively working to build a framework for the BTA, which would aim to expand trade, enhance market access, reduce tariff and non tariff barriers and deepen supply chain integration.
"In this endeavour, our Commerce and Industry Minister (Piyush Goyal) ...