14/08/2025
Mark Linscott, Senior Trade Advisor, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), who was also Assistant US Trade Representative during the first Trump administration, spoke to Nayanima Basu for 'The Gist' on StratNewsGlobal on the recent trade imbroglio and diplomatic row between New Delhi and Washington.
According to Linscott, both sides were discussing an ambitious trade agreement which would benefit both countries. He believes that the Trump administration is keen on doing the deal with India and will continue the negotiations.
Linscott, who represented the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said that the two countries were negotiating much bigger set of issues under the BTA, which included market access, tariffs and non-tariff barriers across the board, trade in services, intellectual property rights and public procurement, among others.
Mark Linscott, Senior Trade Advisor, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), who was also Assistant US Trade Representative during the first Trump adm...
