New Delhi, February 7, 2026 — US Ambassador Sergio Gor on Saturday praised President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a jointly announced India–US trade statement. In posts on X dated February 7, Gor hailed the leaders’ “vision and leadership,” calling it “a new day,” and shared a post he described as coming “from the desk of the President of the United States.”
The reaction follows President Trump’s announcement of a framework aimed at expanding market access, reducing trade barriers and advancing what both sides called fair and reciprocal trade. U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Greer welcomed the joint statement on Friday, saying the agreement would remove tariff and non‑tariff barriers and open India’s large market to American goods.
Greer said the deal would significantly benefit U.S. workers, farmers and producers by lowering tariffs across U.S. industrial goods and a broad range of agricultural products. He also noted the announcement reflected deepening economic ties between Washington and New Delhi and thanked India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, for his leadership and commitment to achieving balanced trade outcomes.
A White House and Commerce Ministry joint statement said the United States and India have agreed on a framework for an interim reciprocal trade agreement. That framework is presented as a significant step toward broader negotiations on a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that were launched by President Trump and Prime Minister Modi in February 2025.
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