Trade Subcommittee Hearing on U.S.-India Trade Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

Focus Of The Hearing
The hearing will provide an opportunity to explore current U.S.-India trade issues such as:  (1) deepening and expanding the long-term trade and investment relationship with India; (2) completing a Bilateral Investment Treaty, addressing investment caps, and exploring new investment opportunities; (3) addressing agricultural market access barriers; (4) evaluating India’s National Manufacturing Policy and other forced localization policies including the Preferential Market Access (PMA) on information technology products; (5) ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights; (6) addressing the issuance of compulsory licenses, patent revocations, and other policies on pharmaceuticals; (7) examining India’s system of cascading tariffs, taxes, and other import charges; and (8) advancing WTO negotiations, including “post-Doha” issues such as an international services agreement, Information Technology Agreement expansion, and a trade facilitation agreement in partnership with India. 

Hearing Advisory
Chairman Nunes Announces Hearing on U.S.-India Trade Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

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Opening Statements