India GSP Not Top of Mind for Senate US-India Caucus

The co-chairmen of the U.S.-India Caucus in the Senate did not bring up restoring India to the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program when asked about the possibility of a U.S.-India trade package during a program hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Nov. 18. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., instead said he hopes the Joe Biden administration will pursue a technology alliance with India. He also said he thinks withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- which does not include India -- was a great mistake. “Both political parties bear some blame for that,” he said. Sen John Cornyn, R-Texas, agreed on TPP. “We’ll see what happens in Georgia,” he said, referring to the run-off elections for two Republican incumbents vying for the two U.S. Senate seats in that state later this year. “We may have divided government, it may require us all to work together.”