Visa, agri, GSP likely to figure in India-US trade policy forum meet in Jan

Issues about visas, promoting agri trade and resumption of benefits under the American generalised system of preferences (GSP) are expected to figure in the meeting of India-US Trade Policy Forum (TPF) in January here, an official said. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai will be here for a meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. Both sides will discuss ways to increase trade and investments between the two countries during the two-day meeting from January 13, 2024. It will be the 14th ministerial-level meeting of the India-US TPF, the official said. The last meeting was held in Washington in January 2023. India in that meeting highlighted the delay in the issuance of business visas to people from India. New Delhi is also keen on restoration of its beneficiary status under the US GSP programme. The previous Trump administration in the US revoked the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) from India in 2019. The GSP allows eligible developing countries to expor