Washington DC [US], February 3 (ANI): US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that under the India-US deal, Washington will send more American farm products to India, bringing more money into rural America.
In a post on X, Rollins thanked US President Donald Trump and said the new deal will expand exports to India’s large market, lift prices and “pump cash into rural America.” She noted that in 2024 America’s agricultural trade deficit with India was $1.3 billion and said India’s growing population is an important market for US agricultural goods.
USDA data show U.S. agricultural exports to India in 2025 were about $1.7 billion, led by tree nuts (almonds, pistachios), cotton and soybean oil.
Rollins’s remarks followed President Trump’s announcement of a trade deal with India, months after he imposed 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods in August 2025. The agreement, posted on Trump’s Truth Social, included significant tariff cuts and claimed India would halt purchases of Russian oil. The earlier 50 percent tariff included a 25 percent component linked to crude imports from Russia, with US officials arguing India’s oil purchases helped finance Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Congress has demanded full details of the India-US trade deal, questioning aspects such as opening the agriculture sector, cutting tariffs and non-tariff barriers to “zero,” and the reported pause in Russian oil purchases. The party criticized the way the deal was announced and quoted Trump saying the deal was done “on Modi’s request.” Congress warned that reducing barriers to zero could affect Indian industry, traders and farmers, and asked how farmers’ security and interests would be protected.
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