No commitment to US on reducing tariffs, talks still on: Govt. Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal told the Parliamentary committee that no trade agreement had been finalised. Barthwal said that India was in favour of increasing bilateral trade with the US but would not indiscriminately lower tariffs, especially in sectors crucial to its domestic economy. Morgan Stanley report: India is the “best-placed country in Asia,” amid the global uncertainty triggered by US President Donald Trump’s threat to jack up tariffs, because of the nation’s low goods exports to GDP ratio and strong Government policy to support domestic demand. Gopi Adusumilli is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc. He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources. His future plans include developing Social news into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any. country or region. He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz.