{"id":291963,"date":"2025-04-28T02:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/india-may-seek-parity-on-tech-access-in-trade-pact-with-us-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T02:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:26:09","slug":"india-may-seek-parity-on-tech-access-in-trade-pact-with-us-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/india-may-seek-parity-on-tech-access-in-trade-pact-with-us-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India may seek parity on tech access in trade pact with US &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120678397,imgsize-1255224,width-400,resizemode-4\/120678397.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India may seek parity on tech access in trade pact with US &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"India may seek parity on tech access in trade pact with US &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India is likely to ask the US to ease export controls and grant it access to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/critical-technologies\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">critical technologies<\/a> on par with key American allies like Australia, the UK, and Japan under the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), sources said.<br \/>They added that India may seek these easing for sectors like telecom equipment, biotechnology, AI (artificial intelligence), pharmaceuticals, quantum computing and semiconductors.<br \/>The country is also seeking duty concessions for labour-intensive sectors like textiles, gems and jewellery, leather goods, garments, plastics, chemicals, shrimp, oil seeds, chemicals, grapes and bananas in the proposed pact with America. 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