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ট্ৰেড উইণ্ডছ্ ফৰাম আৰু ট্ৰেড্ মিছন অনুষ্ঠানত অংশগ্ৰহণ কৰি ৰোছে ভাৰতবৰ্ষত ব্যৱসায় কৰোঁতে বিদেশী তথা আমেৰিকান কোম্পানীসমূহে সন্মুখীন হোৱা প্ৰত্যাহ্বানসমূহৰ ওপৰত আলোকপাত কৰে ৷ অটোম'বাইল, মটৰ চাইকেল, কৃষি সামগ্ৰী আৰু এলক'হলযুক্ত পানীয়ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত ভাৰতবৰ্ষই অধিক হাৰত আমদানি শুল্ক আৰোপ কৰি অহা বুলি অভিযোগ উত্থাপন কৰে যুক্তৰাষ্ট্ৰৰ বাণিজ্য সচিবগৰাকীয়ে ৷

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নিউজ ডেস্ক, 8 মে' : "আমেৰিকান কোম্পানীসমূহে ভাৰতত সন্মুখীন হোৱা সমস্যাসমূহৰ শীঘ্ৰে সমাধান হ'ব লাগে ৷ ভাৰতত ব্যৱসায়ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত মুখামুখি হোৱা বাধা-নিষেধ আৰু অত্যধিক ব্যয়ৰ সমস্যা দূৰ হ'ব লাগে ৷" মঙলবাৰে এনেদৰে মন্তব্য কৰে আমেৰিকা যুক্তৰাষ্ট্ৰৰ বাণিজ্য সচিব উইলবাৰ ৰোছে ৷ ট্ৰেড উইণ্ডছ্ ফৰাম আৰু ট্ৰেড্ মিছন অনুষ্ঠানত অংশগ্ৰহণ কৰি ৰোছে ভাৰতবৰ্ষত ব্যৱসায় কৰোঁতে বিদেশী তথা আমেৰিকান কোম্পানীসমূহে সন্মুখীন হোৱা প্ৰত্যাহ্বানসমূহৰ ওপৰত আলোকপাত কৰে ৷ অটোম'বাইল, মটৰ চাইকেল, কৃষি সামগ্ৰী আৰু এলক'হলযুক্ত পানীয়ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত ভাৰতবৰ্ষই অধিক হাৰত আমদানি শুল্ক আৰোপ কৰি অহা বুলি অভিযোগ উত্থাপন কৰে যুক্তৰাষ্ট্ৰৰ বাণিজ্য সচিবগৰাকীয়ে ৷

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আনহাতে একেটা অনুষ্ঠানতে ভাৰতবৰ্ষৰ উন্নয়নৰ যাত্ৰাত আমেৰিকাৰ প্ৰযুক্তিয়ে সহায় কৰিব বুলি মন্তব্য কৰে ৰোছে ৷ অৱশ্যে বিদেশী কোম্পানীসমূহৰ ওপৰত ভাৰতবৰ্ষই অত্যধিক কৰ-কাটল জাপি দিয়া বুলি উইলবাৰ ৰোছে কৰা এই অভিযোগ খণ্ডন কৰিছে ভাৰতীয় বিশেষজ্ঞসকলে ৷

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US wants India to eliminate trade barriers for American companies: Ross
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) The US wants India to eliminate trade barriers for American companies and remove restrictions with regard to data localisation to cut the cost of doing business, visiting US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday.
"Our goal is to eliminate barriers to the US companies operating here including data localisation restrictions that actually weaken data security and increase the cost of doing business," he said here.
Ross was speaking at the Trade Winds Forum and Trade Mission. He is accompanying a delegation of over 100 American businesses.
He also alleged that India imposes very high import duties on goods like automobiles, motorcycles, agri products and alcoholic beverages.
"... currently US businesses face significant market access barriers in India. These include both tariff and non-tariff barriers as well as multiple practices and regulations to the disadvantage of foreign companies.
"India's average applied tariffs rate is 13.8 per cent and that remains the highest of any major world economy, the very highest. It has for example a 60 per cent tariff on auto, while the US has 2.5 per cent. It has 50 per cent tariff on motorcycles and 150 per cent on alcoholic beverages. Just a few extreme examples," he added.
India imposes bound tariff rates -- maximum import duty India can charge under global trade rules of WTO -- on agricultural products at the average of an "incredible" 113.5 per cent and some are as high as 300 per cent, he said, adding "they are way too high".
However, India's trade experts counter this by saying that India is not a 'tariff king' and it has all the right to take appropriate measures to protect the interest of specific sectors like agriculture.
"We are working diligently with the Indian government and our private sector partners to address market access issues through the US India commercial dialogue and through the recently re-convened US India-CEO forum," Ross said.
Major obstacles being faced by the US companies include price controls on medical devices and restrictive tariff and inspections on electronics and telecommunications products.
He noted that duties on routers and switches and parts of cellular phones are as high as 20 per cent.
In stark contrast, he said, the duty on these products imported by the US from India is zero.
"Zero versus 20 per cent. That's not a justified imbalance. These high tariffs undermine India's goal of improving digital access and literacy," Ross added.
He expects that the new government would look at these matters.
"In the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business report, India climbed an impressive 23 spots this year but it still ranks 77 out of 190 countries. So, there is lots of room for further improvement," he said.
He mentioned that India is the US's 13th largest export market due to "overly restrictive" market access barriers.
Referring to trade imbalance with India, the commerce secretary
said the US accounts for 20 per cent of India's total exports.
Last year, the bilateral trade between the two countries totalled at USD 142 billion, up by about USD 16 billion from 2017.
"In the services sector also, US has a trade deficit with India," he said adding last year it was USD 3 billion.
"This is specially unusual. We generally have services surplus with most countries. But in the case of India, the deficit is largely due to IT services," he said.
Ross also said that as India is pursuing a range of development priorities including revitalisation of urban infrastructure, "we are confident that US technology and expertise can play an important role in serving India's critical development needs". PTI RR CS
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