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- US Commerce secretary has criticised India for its restrictive market access.He said that while U.S is India’s largest export destination but India is the 13th largest export market for the U.S.
- The US has raised objections on a range of issues which are (a)High tariffs on US Goods (b)Data localisation rules which forced foreign companies to store their data locally (c)Price controls on medical devices(Cardiac stents) (d)Multiple processes and discriminatory regulation towards US Companies (e)Intellectual Property rights violations (f) Trade imbalance between India and the US and (g)India’s rules on e-commerce that affected firms such as Amazon and Walmart.
- Further,he has also said that US technology and expertise can play an important role to meet India’s developmental needs but U.S. companies faces significant barriers and regulations that disadvantage foreign companies.
- Earlier,he had said that the U.S. would not be able to sell oil to India at lower rates because oil is owned by private players and the U.S. government would not be able to force them to offer at concessionary rates.
- This statement came after India had stopped importing crude oil from Iran following the US move to end sanction waivers.



