Pompeo urges India, Pakistan to avoid military actionTrump removed New Delhi from the GSP from June 5, even as Washington tries to boost ties with India as a counterweight to China. In removing India from the GSP, Trump complained that it does not provide US goods with equitable and reasonable access to its market. Pompeo said the United States is open to dialogue on the preferential trading status with India. “We … hope that our Indian friends will drop their trade barriers and trust in the competitiveness of their own companies,” Pompeo said. Pompeo will travel to India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea from June 24-30.

Source: The Express Tribune June 13, 2019 15:56 UTC