Tariffs to be focus of PM Modi's US trip

Indian leader may offer concessions to Trump to avoid trade war: Experts

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day visit to the United States on Wednesday, with reports suggesting that he has lined up some tariff concessions as he meets US President Donald Trump in Washington and tries to avert a potential trade war.

The primary focus during the meeting between Modi and Trump will be on reducing import tariffs to boost US exports to India, Indian trade experts said.

"We don't want to give anybody any signal that we would like to be protectionist," India's Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Feb 1 after the federal budget was unveiled in Parliament that day.