The two-day delegation-level talks between the US and India began Wednesday in New Delhi. The negotiators will focus on reaching a consensus on the market access and the tariffs to be imposed on each of the products. Despite US President Donald Trump's threat of imposing a fresh tariff of 5% on rice, the talks are being held in a friendly atmosphere with both sides making significant climbdowns on many thorny issues. It can be gauged by the fact that the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers in Washington that India had made "the best we’ve ever received as a country" in ongoing discussions. Appearing before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee a day before, Greer said that India had shown willingness to open up. He said, "They’ve been quite forward-leaning."

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