Responding to a questionnaire from this newspaper, addressed to Rollins, on the agricultural components of the trade deal, a USDA spokesperson stated: “India has significant potential to expand imports of US agricultural products. “In 2024, America’s agricultural trade deficit with India was $1.3 billion. India’s growing population is an important market for American agricultural products and today’s deal will go a long way to reducing this deficit,” Rollins wrote. New US-India deal will export more American farm products to India’s massive market, lifting prices, and pumping cash into rural America. In 2024, America’s agricultural trade deficit with India was $1.3… https://t.co/Z04eNDfXjD — Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) February 2, 2026The US has, for long, been trying to gain access to India’s agriculture products market.

Source: Indian Express February 06, 2026 07:31 UTC