India-U.S. interim trade deal: Amendments in the White House factsheet reflect shared understandings, MEA says

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) said that the caller amendments made successful the White House factsheet connected the model for the India-U.S. interim commercialized statement bespeak the “shared understandings contained successful the associated statement” by the 2 countries.

The connection comes aft the Trump administration, connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026), backktracked connected changes it made to the India-U.S. associated statement, removing references to ‘pulses’, ‘buying cultivation products’, ‘digital work tax’ and Indian ‘commitments’ connected investing $500 billion.

Responding to a question connected the substance successful the play media briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “As you are aware, the India-U.S. Joint Statement connected the model for an Interim Agreement connected reciprocal and mutually beneficial commercialized was issued connected February 7, 2026. The associated connection is the model and remains the ground of our communal knowing successful the matter. The amendments successful the U.S. information expanse bespeak the shared understandings contained successful the associated statement.”

“Both sides volition present enactment towards implementing this model and finalising the interim agreement,” helium added.

The references, which were not successful the archetypal associated statement, had led to questions being raised with the Opposition seeking a clarification from the authorities connected its position.

Officials had categorically said that delicate cultivation items were not included successful the woody and that India had “intended” but not fixed a binding committedness to investing $500 cardinal successful American products implicit a play of 5 years.

The U.S. did not contented immoderate connection earlier amending the 2 documents disposable online.