The India-US Trade Policy Forum (TPF) will meet in Washington on January 11. The Ministry of Commerce gave this information on Sunday. The TPF is a forum for resolving trade and investment issues between the two countries. Five focus groups of TPF – agriculture, investment, innovation and creativity (intellectual property rights), services and tariff and non-tariff barriers. The meeting will be jointly chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Catherine Tay. The ministry said Goyal will be on an official visit to New York and Washington DC from January 9 to 11.

The 12th meeting of TPF was held in New Delhi after four years on November 23, 2021. The ministry said, “The working groups were reactivated after the last ministerial meeting. The TPF is a platform for continued engagement between the two countries in the field of trade and to further enhance trade and investment ties. Both countries look forward to progress on trade-related issues.” In last year’s meeting, India had asked for restoration of GSP (Generalized System of Preferences) benefits for Indian exporters, which the US side assured to consider.

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