<h1>India-US trade framework protects sensitive agricultural and dairy products while US tariffs on Indian goods fall to 18%.</h1> An interim India-US trade framework reduces US tariffs on Indian goods to 18% while India withholds duty concessions on a specified list of sensitive agricultural and dairy products (maize, wheat, rice, soya, poultry, milk, cheese, ethanol (fuel), tobacco, certain vegetables and meat) to protect small and marginal farmers; concurrently India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on various US food and agricultural items such as dried distillers' grains, tree nuts, processed fruit, soybean oil, and wine and spirits.