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Asal mein, yeh jo "preferential market access" ki baat ho rahi hai, uska matlab hai ki India chahta hai ki US unke products par kam tariffs lagaye, matlab ki export karte time kam tax dena pade. Isse India ke textiles, auto components, aur agriculture jaise sectors ko US mein zyada sales karne mein madad milegi. Bharat ek reliable manufacturing hub banne ki koshish mein hai, isliye yeh deal kaafi important hai.
Pehle ka scene thoda alag tha. US ne lagbhag 50% tak tariffs laga rakhe the, jo August 2025 tak badh sakte the. Iska reason India dwara Russian oil kharidna aur trade mein asantulan tha. Lekin ab February 2026 mein ek naya interim trade agreement hua hai. Iske baad, US ne apne tariffs ko 50% se girakar sirf 18% kar diya hai, jiska main reason hai India ka Russian oil imports kam karna. Badle mein, India bhi US se aane wale industrial aur agricultural products par tariffs kam karega, sirf dairy jaise kuch sectors ko chhodkar. Is deal se non-tariff barriers aur digital trade bhi improve honge. Analysts ka kehna hai ki isse India ki GDP mein thoda upar jayegi aur investors ka confidence bhi badhega, joh companies ko China ke alawa dusri jagahon par manufacturing shift karne mein help karega. India ka ek ambitious goal bhi hai ki 2030 tak dono deshon ka bilateral trade $500 billion tak pahunch jaye. Goldman Sachs Research ne toh India ki GDP growth forecast 2026 ke liye 6.9% kar di hai, is trade uncertainty kam hone ke karan.
Par challenges bhi kam nahi hain. Yeh agreement abhi temporary (interim) hai aur ek full Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) par abhi final baat baaki hai. US ka trade approach kafi transactional raha hai, jisse uncertainty bani rehti hai. Jaise, Russian oil kam karne ka jo vada hai, uski implementation mein kuch issues aa sakte hain. US ko India mein high import duties, regulatory problems aur dusre non-tariff barriers bhi dikhte hain, jo Indian exporters ke liye hurdles ban sakte hain. Agriculture products ko lekar bhi past mein disagreements hue hain.
Phir bhi, yeh deal ek achhi shuruaat hai aur isse India ki export competitiveness badhegi. Long term benefits ke liye BTA final karna bahut zaroori hoga.