An preliminary model of the actual fact sheet highlighted key phrases of the settlement together with, that India will get rid of or cut back tariffs on all U.S. industrial items and a variety of U.S. meals and agricultural merchandise. File
| Picture Credit score: Reuters
The White Home has eliminated “pulses” from a listing of American merchandise on which it mentioned India will get rid of or cut back tariffs, in a revised reality sheet issued on the interim commerce deal.
On Monday (February 9, 2026), the White Home had issued a reality sheet on ‘The US and India Announce Historic Commerce Deal (Interim Settlement),’ days after India and the U.S. introduced in a joint assertion the framework for an Interim Settlement relating to reciprocal and mutually useful commerce.
An preliminary model of the actual fact sheet had highlighted key phrases of the settlement together with, that India will get rid of or cut back tariffs on all U.S. industrial items and a variety of U.S. meals and agricultural merchandise, together with dried distillers’ grains, purple sorghum, tree nuts, contemporary and processed fruit, “sure pulses”, soybean oil, wine and spirits, and extra merchandise.
The revised reality sheet issued Tuesday (February 10, 2026) eliminated the reference made relating to pulses and altered the phrase dedicated used for India to “intends.” “India will get rid of or cut back tariffs on all U.S. industrial items and a variety of U.S. meals and agricultural merchandise, together with dried distillers’ grains (DDGs), purple sorghum, tree nuts, contemporary and processed fruit, soybean oil, wine and spirits, and extra merchandise.
Additionally Learn |India-U.S. commerce deal is a blow to India’s strategic autonomy
“India intends to purchase extra American merchandise and buy over $500 billion of US power, data and communication expertise, coal, and different merchandise,” the revised reality sheet mentioned. The joint assertion issued final week on the commerce deal had made no point out of “pulses” in gadgets on which India will get rid of or cut back tariffs for American merchandise. The joint assertion had additionally maintained that “India intends to buy $500 billion of U.S. power merchandise, plane and plane elements, treasured metals, expertise merchandise, and coking coal over the following 5 years.”
Revealed – February 11, 2026 09:40 am IST
