New Delhi/Washington: As India and the United States announced the framework for an interim trade agreement on Saturday, a map of India released by the Trump administration drew attention on social media. The map depicted the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), as part of India, and also showed Aksai Chin, which China claims as its territory.

India has always maintained that Kashmir is an inalienable part of the country. On previous occasions, maps released by the US or its State Department clearly demarcated the POK, in line with Pakistan’s concerns. The latest map from the Trump administration, however, appears to reject Pakistan’s claims.

Meanwhile, India and the US announced that they have reached a framework for an interim trade agreement, under which both sides will reduce import duties on a range of goods to boost bilateral trade.

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While the US will reduce tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent from the present 50 per cent, India will eliminate or cut down import duties on all US industrial goods and a wide range of American food and agricultural products, including dried distillers’ grains, red sorghum for animal feed, tree nuts, fresh and processed fruits, soybean oil, wine, and spirits.

According to a joint statement issued by both sides, India has expressed its intention to purchase USD 500 billion worth of US energy products, aircraft and aircraft parts, precious metals, technology products, and coking coal over the next five years.

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“The US and India are pleased to announce that they have reached a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade,” the statement said.

Further, through an executive order, US President Donald Trump removed the 25 per cent tariffs, or additional import duty, imposed on India in August last year for purchasing Russian oil, citing that India has undertaken “significant steps” and has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing oil from Moscow.

“Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from the warehouse for consumption, on or after 12.01 am eastern standard time on February 7, 2026, products of India imported into the United States shall no longer be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty of 25 per cent imposed pursuant to Executive Order 14329,” the order said.