US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said there’s a chance to negotiate a broad trade agreement with India that addresses tariff imbalances as well as thorny issues for Washington like the South Asian nation’s purchase of Russian weapons and involvement in a BRICS push to dethrone the dollar.

By Shivangi Acharya and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India needs to buy more defence products and lower its tariffs on U.S. products for the two countries to be able to sign a "grand" bilateral deal,

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United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Friday said the Donald Trump administration was keen on a broadbased free-trade agreement (FTA) under which India would bring down tariffs across the board rather than negotiating a product-wise trade deal, which may take years to complete.

Howard Lutnick said that India should consider opening up sensitive sectors like agriculture, which it has traditionally protected to safeguard small farmers.