India has agreed to allow the import of American pork and pork products into the country after nearly two decades of work to remove the U.S. pork trade barrier, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Monday. The agreement follows the U.S.–India Trade Policy Forum held in New Delhi in November 2021, during which Tai spoke with India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal about the importance of access to the Indian market for American pork products. Both Tai and Goyal expressed their intent to expand trade of some agricultural products and to continue working together on “resolving outstanding trade issues as some of these require additional engagement in order to reach convergence in the near future,” according to a joint statement between the United States and India. “This new opportunity marks the culmination of nearly two decades of work to gain market access for U.S. pork to …