<h1>India-US trade deal excludes key agricultural products and bans imports of genetically modified products to protect farmers.</h1> The interim India-US trade arrangement preserves national and farmer interests by excluding core agricultural commodities from tariff concessions, listing numerous staples, fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, sugar, ethanol and tobacco as not eligible for tariff reductions, and affirming a prohibition on genetically modified product imports to protect seed and soil integrity.