Washington: There is an "enormous potential" for growth in the India-US relationship, the Trump administration has said, exuding confidence that the ongoing trade issues could be worked through because of the friendship between the two nations.
US President Donald Trump has often termed India a "tariff king" and repeatedly pointed to the 50 per cent tariffs it imposes on imports of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
India imposed retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products, including almonds and apples from June 5 after Trump revoked its preferential trade privileges.
India had been the biggest beneficiary of the Generalized System of Preferences, a programme designed to help developing countries sell to US consumers.
"We see a lot of opportunity for growth in our(India-US) relationship. We see enormous potential," State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who was recently in New Delhi for talks with the new Indian government where he met with his counterpart (S Jaishankar), was an incredibly effective meeting, Ortagus said.
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" The United States is India's and India is United states most important trading partner. I believe we're their top market for exports", State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said.
The spokesperson also welcomed building of the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan to facilitate visa-free travel of Sikh pilgrims from India to the historic Gurudwara Darbar Sahib. "Anything that increases people-to-people ties between India and Pakistan is something that we're incredibly supportive of,"she said.
