From Hindustan Times
''As US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s three-day visit to the country is set to coincide with that of a 56-member trade delegation from Tehran, India will have to carefully balance its diplomatic and trade agendas next week.
While India is keen to boost its exports and reduce the trade imbalance tilted in favour of Iran, New Delhi is also keen on winning a waiver from Washington on the oil-rich country. The US is expected to shortly announce the second list of countries to be exempted from its sanctions, imposed to prevent Tehran from going ahead with its nuclear programme.
The annual bilateral transactions between India and Iran currently stand at around $15 billion. However, while India imports crude oil worth $13 billion annually from the country, it exports goods worth only $2 billion. India wants to correct this anomaly by enhancing its exports to Iran.''
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