https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71542 India and the United States continue negotiations on a first-phase bilateral trade agreement with chief negotiators finalising contours and legal text, but signing is deferred until US tariff policy and related measures are clarified. Recent US actions - including a court-affected tariff decision, the imposition of temporary across-the-board levies, and initiation of Section 301 investigations into multiple economies - have affected timing though not the ongoing engagement; Indian officials say the US intends to calibrate tariffs to preserve India's comparative advantage and preferential access under the proposed pact. en-us Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:01:03 +0530 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:01:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71542 India and the United States continue negotiations on a first-phase bilateral trade agreement with chief negotiators finalising contours and legal text, but signing is deferred until US tariff policy and related measures are clarified. Recent US actions - including a court-affected tariff decision, the imposition of temporary across-the-board levies, and initiation of Section 301 investigations into multiple economies - have affected timing though not the ongoing engagement; Indian officials say the US intends to calibrate tariffs to preserve India's comparative advantage and preferential access under the proposed pact. News - Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:01:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71542