New Delhi, May 15
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India has offered to enter a bilateral trade deal with the US that “basically” proposes that "no tariffs" would be levied on a range of American goods.
"They are offering us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariffs," Trump said during a meeting with business executives in Qatar’s capital Doha where he is on a state visit.
However, Trump did not offer any further details.
The US President also said that he told Apple CEO Tim Cook to give up his plan of setting up more manufacturing facilities in India and focus on building these plants in the US instead. “Apple will be upping its production in the United States,” Trump added.
As part of ongoing discussions on the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement, representatives of India’s Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative held fruitful discussions, at a meeting in Washington, from April 23-25, to conclude the first tranche of the Bilateral Trade Agreement by the fall (September-October) of 2025.
This followed earlier bilateral discussions held in March, 2025 in New Delhi.