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The United States US is currently negotiating with India for it, he added. “We're in negotiations with India, we took away their GSP, and we're in the process of restoring it if we can get an adequate counterbalancing proposal from them,” US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told members of the Senate Finance Committee.
The visit of USTR assumed significance as Indian and US officials are engaged in talks for a limited trade deal.
Lighthizer, speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation" program, said there would be some routine "scrubs" to the text but "this is totally done, absolutely."
India has invited trade ministers of over 50 nations including the US, China and Pakistan to discuss key issues related with areas like agriculture and services.
US President-elect Donald Trump today roped in Regan-era official and fierce China critic Robert Lighthizer as his trade ambassador who will be in charge of negotiating deals and engaging in trade relationships with other countries.
