WASHINGTON, Aug 26 U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Indian Minister of Trade and Industry Piyush Goyal directed their teams to resolve the dispute within the World Trade Organization (WTO) as soon as possible. ) relating to the supply of agricultural products, Tai's office said in a statement released Saturday.
According to the statement, the representatives of the two countries «discussed the remaining dispute between the countries in the seventh WTO concerning the supply of agricultural products.»
«The parties instructed their aides to continue consultations on this issue in order to reach a decision in the near future,» the US Trade Representative's office informed.
We are talking about India's earlier ban on the supply of certain categories of agricultural goods due to concerns that arose at that time about the spread of bird flu.
In addition, the parties discussed India's requirements regarding the licensing of technical equipment supplied from the United States. As Tai stated on this occasion, such regulations could negatively affect American exports to the South Asian country.